France: The National Front of Le Pen first in at least 6 of the 13 regions

Sunday, December 06, 2015

France: The National Front of Le Pen first in at least 6 of the 13 regions


The far-right National Front in France comes first in at least 6 of the 13 regions of France in the first round of regional elections, which records record scores ranging from 27.2% to 30.8%, according to different estimates of the polling institutes .

The National Front record the highest of the rates in three key areas: in the north, in the region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie), where a candidate is the chairman of Marine Le Pen in south-eastern France, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (Provence-Alpes-Cote d 'Azur, PACA), which led the ballot is the niece Marion Le Pen Maresal and eastern France, in the region Alsace-Champagne-Ardennes- Lorraine (Alsace-Champagne-Ardennes-Lorraine), where head of the ballot led by head of the party's strategy Florian Philip.

At national level, the National Front ensures 30.6% of the vote, according to exit poll Ifop-Fiducial, while following the party "The Republicans" of Nicolas Sarkozy, with 27%, while the ruling Socialist Party ensures 22.7 % of the vote.

Nicolas Sarkozy said that there will be partnerships, withdrawal of candidates or tactical alliances with the left to counter the rise of the far right in the second round of regional elections.

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