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Les Républicains claim symbolic victories over the left in municipal elections, but struggle in France's largest cities
Failing to win Paris, Lyon or Nantes, the LR party swung left-wing strongholds such as Brest, Clermont-Ferrand and Besançon to the right.
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lemonde.fr
France's local elections: Troubling signs ahead of 2027 presidential race
EDITORIAL. The collapse of the republican front and the heated exchanges that have marked the campaign between the two rounds of voting are warning signs, revealing heightened…
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Les Républicains claim symbolic victories over the left in municipal elections, but struggle in France's largest cities
Failing to win Paris, Lyon or Nantes, the LR party swung left-wing strongholds such as Brest, Clermont-Ferrand and Besançon to the right.
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2026 Municipal elections: Socialist-La France Insoumise alliances lead to mixed results
The Socialists managed to hold on to Paris, Marseille, Rennes, Montpellier, Lille and Nantes, but the right took Brest, Clermont-Ferrand, Tulle and Cherbourg. The radical-left La…
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French municipal elections: Far right achieves unprecedented but uneven second-round gains
The far-right Rassemblement National was defeated in Marseille, Toulon and Nîmes, cities that seemed within reach. But the party consolidated its stronghold areas in France's…
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theguardian.com
French local election results give unexpected lift to centrist parties
Outcome suggests that when mainstream parties cooperate they can still block Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally
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Vote transfers between France's right and far right are increasingly common
NEWS ANALYSIS. By alternately voting for either the far right or the mainstream right to defeat the left, voters in the recent municipal elections have illustrated the two…