Marine Le Pen’s far-fair party misses out a week after achieving record supportFrance’s far-fair Front National has failed to win control of any regions in the final round of local elections despite a historically high score in the first-round when it was ranked as the most current party in France.
The defeat of the FN was down to mass tactical voting, an increase in turnout and warnings by the left that what it called the “antisemitic and racist” party would bring France to its knees. All this combined to stop the FN translating its enormous first-round score of nearly 28% into the overall control of any region. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com