PARIS (Reuters) - France's anti-immigrant National Front will field candidates in a record 500 towns in March's municipal elections in a bid to break the dominance of mainstream parties in town halls, FN leader Marine Le Pen said on Thursday.
The party is hoping to capitalise on broad disillusionment with President Francois Hollande's Socialist government and the main conservative opposition to make gains both in the local vote and European Parliament elections two months later.
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