US EditionFrench Vote Tests Polarised Electorate with Right Hoping to Win Control of Paris
Rachida Dati challenges Paris left-wing rule amid rising polarization and possible alliances with far-right and far-left, as National Rally holds only about 15 medium-sized towns nationwide.
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France Braces for High-Stakes Municipal Elections
With a year to go until the presidential election that will decide who succeeds Emmanuel Macron, the French are set to go to the polls on March 15th and March 22nd to elect their mayors. The vote will be closely scrutinised, as it is widely seen as a test run for the upcoming presidential election and a barometer of the state of the country’s political landscape. In many towns, this election will have the feel of a rematch. The previous one was …
Paris mayoral race tests support for green transformation
PARIS, March 13 - Marion Soulet rides to Paris' City Hall along a once car-choked road that is now a cycleway and a symbol of the French capital's urban green transformation that faces a test in a mayoral election on Sunday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The right wins if you like. Paris can finally turn the page of a quarter century of ideological, bureaucratic and funded by individualization and increase in tax burden.
The conservative politician is running against Socialist Emmanuel Grégoire, and polls suggest they are in a close race. To win, however, he will not only have to overcome the left, but also convince his own right-wing rivals to get out of his way.
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