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Jun 18, 2021 · France's Le Pen on track for regional power with an eye on presidency. 19 June 2021. Marine Le Pen is a popular visitor as she goes on walkabout in the coastal village of Le Brusc. By Lucy...
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- Lucy Williamson
- Hopes of Provence Win Dashed
- How Did President Macron's Party Perform?
- What Happened in The First round?
- Who Could Be A Presidential Challenger?
The National Rally had hoped to win in the southern Mediterranean region of Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur (PACA). Thierry Mariani, a high-profile defector from the conservative Republicans party, had been hotly tipped to come out on top. The French MEP served as a minister under former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy. But he won just 42.7% in the se...
President Macron's Republic on the Move (LREM) has not won a single region across France. French government spokesman Gabriel Attal called the results "a "disappointment" in an interview with France 2. Observers say the regional vote could shift the balance between political heavyweights vying for a position in the 2022 presidential race. But last ...
Last Sunday, the first round saw a defeat for President Emmanuel Macron's ruling party, the Republic on the Move (LREM), which is on course to win none of the 13 regions. It was also disappointing for far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Although several LREM ministers campaigned, the party did not gain the required 10% in some regions to make the runof...
Xavier Bertrand, a former health minister from the northern Hauts-de-France region, has emerged as the conservatives' favorite in opinion polls to become the party's face in the presidential election. He won the Hauts-de-France region around Calais in the north, which had also been seen as a potential gain for Le Pen's National Rally. "The far-righ...
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Jun 21, 2021 · Le Pen has blamed her party’s underperformance on her voters failing to turn out, possibly because some may have felt that the RN was on track to win convincingly. According to Ifop, a pollster, non-voters were most likely to back either Le Pen or far-left Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
Aug 17, 2021 · Marine Le Pen remains a serious contender for the upcoming presidential elections. But it would seem that the competition is getting tougher for the Rassemblement National.
Jun 18, 2021 · Polls suggest her National Rally party [formerly the National Front] will top Sunday's first-round vote in around six of France's 13 regions this Sunday. And it is on track to win at least one ...
Jun 17, 2021 · How French conservatives are turning toward Marine Le Pen. Defections by mainstream politicians suggest that backing France’s hard-right National Rally in regional elections is no longer a dramatic leap.
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Jun 28, 2021 · Mainstream candidates delivered a stinging setback to Marine Le Pen’s far right on Sunday in a second round of regional elections that saw President Emmanuel Macron’s party suffer another ...
