Doubt has taken root in Lens ahead of the March 15 and 22 municipal elections. A century-old Socialist stronghold, the town with a mining past could fall to the far-right Rassemblement National.
Date: Friday, March 13, 2026
Time: 5:06 am (Paris)
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