French centrist President Emmanuel Macron and his far-right opponent Marine Le Pen will fail to achieve the results they hoped for in the first round in the regional elections in France. This shows the still unsatisfactory results of yesterday’s elections, the BBC reported.
Macron’s party is at risk of not reaching the 10% required for participation in the second round next weekend. One of his deputies, Oror Berge, said that it’s a “slap in the face.” Le Pen’s far-right party seems to be in second place. Her party was expected to lead the first round of elections on Sunday and win at least one region for the first time. Le Pen is not running, but he is leading the campaign.
France elects local government, the far right is hoping for victory
The vote is seen as indicative of pre-presidential attitudes
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She set a record low turnout – the projected 66% abstained – as a “civil catastrophe”. She blamed the results on the government’s inability to instill faith in political institutions.
Voters decided yesterday on new councils for 13 regions of France, plus one overseas, as well as 96 departments. There are over 15,700 candidates for 4,100 seats. These elections are being watched especially closely because of the next presidential election are after less than a year.
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