https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Marine Le Pen's far-right has failed to win any region in France's local elections. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210627/exit-polls-far-right-fails-to-win-any-areas-in-french-regional-elections Sun, 27 Jun 2021 22:19:06 +0200 exit-polls-far-right-fails-to-win-any-areas-in-french-regional-elections A year out from France's Presidential elections - which are predictable only in their unpredictability - the French head to the polls for a second time on Sunday, to decide the political shape of the country's regional councils for the next six years. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210609/explained-whats-at-stake-in-frances-regional-elections Wed, 09 Jun 2021 19:21:23 +0200 explained-whats-at-stake-in-frances-regional-elections The first round of France's regional elections on Sunday were marked by a record low turn-out, a sluggish performance from Marine Le Pen's far-right party and a bad night for the president Emmanuel Macron. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210621/french-regional-elections-voters-stay-away-as-macron-suffers-bad-night Mon, 21 Jun 2021 11:05:22 +0200 french-regional-elections-voters-stay-away-as-macron-suffers-bad-night "Enemies of France", will no doubt conclude any victories for Marine Le Pen in Sunday's regional elections are a sign of things to come in next year's presidential election. But John Lichfield explains how we should really interpret any wins for France' far right. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210617/opinion-enemies-of-france-should-not-see-le-pen-victories-on-sunday-as-a-sign-of-things-to-come Thu, 17 Jun 2021 13:54:12 +0200 opinion-enemies-of-france-should-not-see-le-pen-victories-on-sunday-as-a-sign-of-things-to-come The French Prime Minister has vowed to take urgent action to cut unemployment, acknowledging measures are needed to stem the rise of the far-right National Front. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151215/french-pm-vows-action-unemployment-far-right-national-front Tue, 15 Dec 2015 09:39:38 +0100 french-pm-vows-action-unemployment-far-right-national-front Despite unprecedented success in the first round of the regional elections at the weekend, a survey published on Wednesday predicted that both the National Front's Marine Le Pen and Marion Maréchal-Le Pen will be defeated in the second round. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151210/both-le-pens-set-to-lose-in-sundays-elections Thu, 10 Dec 2015 10:32:55 +0100 both-le-pens-set-to-lose-in-sundays-elections France is in a spin over the prospect of the National Front taking control in some of France’s super regions, but what damage can the far right party actually do and will they even risk it? https://www.thelocal.fr/20151209/and-what-happens-if-the-far-right-win-french-regions Wed, 09 Dec 2015 15:48:03 +0100 and-what-happens-if-the-far-right-win-french-regions France's opposition leader Nicolas Sarkozy has said that voting for the far-right National Front "wasn't immoral", while the French PM said he respected those had voted for Marine Le Pen, but that her party was a "scam". https://www.thelocal.fr/20151209/a-national-front-vote-isnt-immoral-sarkozy Wed, 09 Dec 2015 10:48:26 +0100 a-national-front-vote-isnt-immoral-sarkozy It’s not just the record score of France’s far-right National Front party that will have Isis leaders rubbing their hands with glee, but the complete failure of France’s mainstream political elite to give voters an alternative. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151208/france-isis-lepen-what-it-wants Tue, 08 Dec 2015 14:55:25 +0100 france-isis-lepen-what-it-wants Is France becoming more intolerant and xenophobic? How can the record score of the extreme-right National Front party in Sunday’s regional elections be explained? https://www.thelocal.fr/20151207/national-front-france-elections-why-are-so-many-french-voting-for-the-far-right Mon, 07 Dec 2015 14:12:28 +0100 national-front-france-elections-why-are-so-many-french-voting-for-the-far-right The first round of France’s regional elections delivered an almighty "shock" for the country, as one national newspaper's front page testified. Here's what we learned. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151207/frances-regional-elections-what-we-learned Mon, 07 Dec 2015 10:38:09 +0100 frances-regional-elections-what-we-learned UPDATED: France's beleaguered Socialist Party has pulled three of its candidates from key regional elections in the hope of blocking Marine Le Pen and her far-right National Front (FN) from power. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151207/socialists-withdraw-to-block-national-front Mon, 07 Dec 2015 08:43:52 +0100 socialists-withdraw-to-block-national-front As expected France's far-right National Front party topped the polls in the first round of the regional elections on Sunday, picking up around 30 percent of the vote according to initial estimates. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151206/national-front-tops-polls-in-regional-elections Sun, 06 Dec 2015 21:52:53 +0100 national-front-tops-polls-in-regional-elections This weekend sees French people go to the polls for the first round of the regional elections, which far from being just another meaningless local election, are actually hugely significant. Here’s why. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151204/frances-regional-elections-why-they-matter Fri, 04 Dec 2015 14:14:59 +0100 frances-regional-elections-why-they-matter France's right-wing parties, led by former president Nicolas Sarkozy, edged out the far-right National Front to take first place in local elections on Sunday, in a crucial test ahead of 2017 presidential elections. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150323/french-right-edges-out-national-front Mon, 23 Mar 2015 09:15:14 +0100 french-right-edges-out-national-front