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France local elections 2015: Polls suggest Nicolas Sarkozy’s UMP win

Nicolas Sarkozy’s Conservative UMP Party and its allies appear to have come first in the final round of French local…

10 years ago

France local elections 2015: Nicolas Sarkozy’s UMP holds off Marine Le Pen’s FN on first round

Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party and its allies have taken first place in the first…

10 years ago

France local elections 2015: Marine Le Pen’s National Front expected to score big gains

French people are voting in local elections in which Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Front party (FN) is expected to…

10 years ago

France: Thousands of students protest against National Front

About 4,000 students have rallied in Paris against the far-right National Front (FN) party, following its success in the European…

10 years ago

EU elections 2014: France’s National Front heading for victory

France’s National Front has come first in the country's elections to the European Parliament according to exit polls in what…

10 years ago

France local elections 2014: Francois Hollande’s socialists suffer big losses

Francois Hollande's socialists have suffered big losses in France’s municipal elections, according to early results. The opposition UMP claims victory…

11 years ago

France local elections 2014: Marine Le Pen’s National Front makes significant gains

French far-right National Front party has made significant gains in local elections, winning an outright majority in Henin-Beaumont on the…

11 years ago