she is the socialist candidate and the city's beatty mayer.that would mean closing the border to luxembourg, to where some 100,000 locals commute daily. her own parents are from portugal. they came to france with the hope of a better future. >> they are lying. their slogans are dangerous. this is not progress. it sets us back decades. >> the socialist candidate points out that many of the project in the area have been funded by the european union, a fact often it nor by the far right. >> this is the impact of the european union. here, we have a brand-new electronic research center equipped with the most advanced technology. it consists of 500 50 square meters of laboratories and the same amount of office space. it was funded with 3.6 million euros from the european union. >> despite that, there's growing support for the far right in eastern france, in part out of protest against socialist president francois hollande. one of the biggest in -- issues for people here is the demise of the steel industry. they had pinned their hopes on him to prote