local elections
As the last vote before the presidential race, France’s municipal elections are following a different pattern to the broader national political scene, with key issues and political alliances varying greatly from one municipality to another. While the Socialist Party (PS) and the Republicans (LR) hope to preserve their deep-rooted local support, the National Rally (RN), La France Insoumise (LFI) and the presidential camp are instead looking to nationalise the vote and to establish themselves as permanent fixtures in the everyday lives of French...
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Substantial wins for the Danish Left, and for the hard-right, as the reigning Social Democrats hand over the keys to the capital for the first time in a hundred years The governing Social Democrats (SD) took a massive beating in Denmark’s municipal elections on November 18, losing 5.2 percent support nation-wide. While still the party with the highest overall vote (23.2 percent), it took losses in many municipalities, and saw its support halved in some key strongholds, losing 18 mayors across the country and failing to ...
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