French regional vote: Polls suggest Front National has mediocre first round
euronews (in English)
2015-03-22
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Initial exit polls suggest Front National leader Marine Le Pen has had a disappointing first round in the French regional elections.
Prior to the election, polls suggested her anti-immigration, anti-euro party would do well, in the light of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in France.
FRANCE antifascist election liveblog: Le Pen seeks département wins http://t.co/u73vfWlBoY #antifa #nopasaran #france pic.twitter.com/PtMYlQpoy8— Dream Deferred (@dreamdef1) March 22, 2015
However, the Front National seems to be lagging behind in third place, with a predicted 25 percent of the vote, potentially scuppering Le Pen’s run for the French presidency in 2017.
On the contrary, Manuel Valls, France’s Socialist Prime Minister, seemed pleased with the result.
“Although it has too many votes, this evening the extreme right is not the top political party in France,” he said. “I congratulate myself because I personally committed to making this happen.”
President François Hollande’s Socialist Par
Prior to the election, polls suggested her anti-immigration, anti-euro party would do well, in the light of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in France.
FRANCE antifascist election liveblog: Le Pen seeks département wins http://t.co/u73vfWlBoY #antifa #nopasaran #france pic.twitter.com/PtMYlQpoy8— Dream Deferred (@dreamdef1) March 22, 2015
However, the Front National seems to be lagging behind in third place, with a predicted 25 percent of the vote, potentially scuppering Le Pen’s run for the French presidency in 2017.
On the contrary, Manuel Valls, France’s Socialist Prime Minister, seemed pleased with the result.
“Although it has too many votes, this evening the extreme right is not the top political party in France,” he said. “I congratulate myself because I personally committed to making this happen.”
President François Hollande’s Socialist Par
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