Le Pen’s National Front loses in 2nd round of French regional elections
France’s far-right National Front party, headed by Marine Le Pen, has failed to win a single region in the second round of the country’s regional elections after a solid victory in the first round, several exit polls have shown.
In the northern region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Le Pen was beaten by Xavier Bertrand from the center-right Les Republicains (formerly the UMP). According to the Ifop Fiducial poll for iTELE , Paris Match and Sud Radio, Le Pen won 42.2 percent while Bertrand secured 57 percent.
Le Pen’s niece, Marion Marechal Le Pen lost to Republican Christian Estrosi in Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur.
INC News, 13/12/2015 - via RT
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