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French conservatives come first in local elections
2015-03-30
In which French voters respond sensibly to the very real threats to their economy and their security experienced under the rule of Hollande's Socialists. It has been commented recently that both French Jews and French homosexuals have turned in increasing numbers to Marine Le Pen's further rightwing Front National, where they trust action against rampaging jihadis will be taken, should the party gain more power. In fact, Ms Le Pen's #2 is as far out of the closet as it is possible to be.
[Iran Press TV] La Belle France's conservative Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (UMP) and its centrist allies have won the final round of the country's local elections, an exit poll shows.

The UMP, led by former French president Nicolas Sarkozy
...23rd President of the French Republic. Sarkozy is married to singer-songwriter Carla Bruni, who has a really nice birthday suit...
, has possibly secured 66 to 70 of the 98 local councils, compared to 41 previously held by the party, according to the BFMTV news channel survey by pollsters CSA released on Sunday.

French President Francois Hollande
...the Socialist president of La Belle France, an economic bad joke for la Belle France but seemingly a foreign policy realist...
's Socialist Party appears to have won up to 35 departments, losing half of the 61 councils it held before the elections, the exit poll suggested.

It also found that the far-right National Front, led by Marine Le Pan, could win up to two councils.

Voters went to polls in Sunday's elections to choose 4,108 local councilors for 98 out of La Belle France's 101 departments.
Update from An Nahar at 11:00 a.m. ET:
The far-right Front National (FN) won zero councils, in part due to tactical voting but leader Marine Le Pen still hailed a "magnificent success" as the party won several council seats for the first time, establishing roots around the country.

"It's the base for tomorrow's great victories," said Le Pen, referring to more regional elections in December and the presidential vote in 2017.
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