Outcome suggests that when mainstream parties cooperate they can still block Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally

Electoral alliances expected to play vital role in number of contests including Paris and Marseille

City hall veteran beats rightwinger Rachida Dati in French capital, while far-right RN fails to win Marseille and Toulon in French local elections

Failing to win Paris, Lyon or Nantes, the LR party swung left-wing strongholds such as Brest, Clermont-Ferrand and Besançon to the right.

Final round of elections shows clear gains for traditional left and right and major win for far right in Nice

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…

Outcome suggests that when mainstream parties cooperate they can still block Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally

Editorial: Victories in Paris and Marseille suggest a united left can reclaim centre-ground voters. But the end of Macronism is leaving a complex political landscape

El mapa territorial sigue dominado por los conservadores y se refuerza por el aumento de la presencia del partido de Marine Le Pen y de sus aliados de ultraderecha

France’s National Rally missed key targets in local elections ahead of next year’s seismic presidential vote, and the mainstream is doing OK elsewhere, too

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…