Second Round of French Local Elections Underway, Focusing on Key Mayoral Races
The second round of French local elections is underway, with voters heading to the polls to elect mayors in approximately 1,500 communes, including major cities like Paris, Lyon, and Marseille, with these races seen as significant indicators for future national elections. The Paris mayoral race is expected to be extremely tight among three candidates.
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Mayoral races in balance as voting opens in last round of French local elections
Electoral alliances expected to play vital role in number of contests including Paris and Marseille Voting is under way in France in the second round of local elections – seenas a bellwether for next year’s presidential race – with cities including Paris and Marseille in the balance and both the radical left and far right hoping for gains. Most of France’s 35,000-odd communes elected their councils in the first round last Sunday, but in municipalities where the contest is tighter, including m...
By Jon Henley in Paris
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French voters returned to the polls Sunday for the second and final round of municipal elections in over 1,500 communes. The race is expected to be extremely tight in Paris with Emmanuel Grégoire, heading a united left and green list, competing with conservative Rachida Dati and hard-left La France Insoumise candidate Sophia Chikirou. FRANCE 24's Antonia Kerrigan reports from Paris.
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