French artists fight mayor

TOULON - Several hundred French entertainers marched through the southern city of Toulon yesterday to protest against a drive…

TOULON - Several hundred French entertainers marched through the southern city of Toulon yesterday to protest against a drive by a National Front mayor, Mr Jean Marie Le Chevallier, to sack a left wing theatre director, Mr Gerard Paquet, and wind up his cultural centre.

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