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Regional elections held in France has proven to be the lowest turnout in history – for example, in the central Ile-de-France district, which also includes Paris, only 25% of citizens went to the polls. The reason is probably a pandemic.
Emmanuel Macron's “Forward, Republic!” party received only a tenth of the vote – a bad result. So the president's supporter does not yet control any of the country's regions.
The defeat also suffered a side of Marine Le Pen's national rally, which many considered popular. And again for the same reason – in the second round, the opponents of the nationalists united. For example, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d & # 39; Azur region, MEP and former Transport Minister Thierry Mariani spoke from the party. He won more than a third of the vote in the first round, 43% in the second, and the region will
Republicans have achieved more or less successful results, won a third of the vote, and will now compete with the Alliance of Socialists and the Greens. Jean-Luc Melanchon's “disobedient France” failed – three-quarters of its supporters did not go to the polls.