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    French local elections: Far-right RN fails to gain ground in major cities outside the South


    French local elections: Far-right RN fails to gain ground in major cities outside the South

    https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2026/03/16/french-local-elections-far-right-rn-fails-to-gain-ground-in-major-cities-outside-the-south_6751485_5.html

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    1. 1erRPIMA-fiesta on

      Whop hop hop. Holà.

      There’s *south* and south.

      Don’t bundle our innocent, tomato throwing South West cities, with those maniac reactionnaries nostalgic of colonization in the South East. We’re not the same. Our coast has actual waves, to begin with. And our countryside have actual cuisine. Our hills are green. Our ducks are proud ; them, they don’t have any ducks, that’s a clear sign of *décivilisation*. Know the difference.

      We should secede from a country allowing Marseille, Toulon, and Nice in, now that I think about that. Make Aquitaine english again.

    2. august_air_373 on

      A key question mark is Marseille. The current socialist Mayor, Benoit Payan, got around 37% but the far right, just behind him, got 35%. The left-wing/radical-left LFI party got around 12%. However, socialist Mayor Payan refused any alliance between his list and LFI’s one, instead asking for the LFI list to be withdrawn so that the LFI electors vote for socialist Payan. Payan’s choice to stay away from LFI is probably motivated by how controversial LFI is, with many criticising what they call an extremist party. However, others criticise Payan for refusing the alliance, pointing out how Payan’s strategy could lead the far right to win the election if Payan doesn’t get the support from LFI voters.

    3. Any-Original-6113 on

      So RN won’t win, and all this hype about the growing popularity of the far right is just to create an atmosphere of alarm?

    4. Fuzzy_Pirate_8898 on

      With more the 40% of the voters that didn’t voted I don’t think you can make a lot of deduction of the results.

    6. ogden9133 on

      It’s not the presidential, it’s just mayors, and yes the far right did make ground because they got better results than ever and won a bunch of cities in the south, while the the two major left parties have to ally in order to stand a chance, and the only ones not losing against the far right are those already elected.