France and Sri Lanka

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On Sunday, voters head to the polls for the first round of local elections in France. In the town of Forbach, near the German border, Emma Jane Kirby discovers that for many who are tired of the mainstream, a vote for the National Front is looking increasingly tempting. Rugby isn't a sport one would normally associate with Sri Lanka. Yet as Alex Preston found out, it's building a national team. Though as he discovered, if you want a call-up, it helps to have relatives in high places. Presenter: Pascale Harter Producer: Polly Hope Photo: Florian Philippot (2nd R), French far-right Front National (FN) party vice-president and candidate for the March 2014 municipal election in Forbach, speaks, flanked by FN president Marine Le Pen (2nd L), FN departmental president Eric Vilain (L), and Patricia Bruckmann (R), candidate on Philippot's electoral list, during a press conference to present his electoral lis in Forbach, eastern France, on March 7, 2014. Photo credit: JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP/Getty Images