A view shows an old building of the wasteland "Usinor", a closed metallurgical plant, in Denain
A view shows an old building of the wasteland "Usinor", a closed metallurgical plant, in Denain, northern France October 9, 2015. Small northern France town Denain has been a left-wing bastion for generations. Not anymore. With a poverty rate three times the national average, the feeling that mainstream politicians have failed runs high amid the 20,000 inhabitants of a town where activity is so subdued that streets are eerily quiet. And the temptation to vote for the anti-Europe, anti-immigration National Front (FN) in December regional elections goes well beyond hard-core party activists. Picture taken October 9, 2015. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol