French extreme rightists achieved great success
French far right party National Front (FN) has achieved great success in the first round of regional elections, exit polls showed, after which the FN won at least six of the thirteen French regions, agencies report. The elections are the first electoral test after last month's attacks in the capital the French city that killed 130 people.
FN after exit polls won 30.8 percent of votes, the Republican Party led by former French President Nicolas Sarkozy came in second with 27.2 percent of polling won the vote, and the current Socialist President Francois Hollandeatreći with 22.7 percent of the vote.
President of the FN Marine Le Pen, who was running in the northern French region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais Picardie-time or part-Nord Picardie and her niece Marion Marechal-Le Pen, who competed in the southern French region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d Azur, have won more than 40 percent of votes, beating the previous record of the party. Speaking to supporters of Le Pen said she was "a fantastic result, which confirms that the National Front unquestionably the strongest party in France".
After the first round of Sunday, December 13, there will be others.
But Sarkozy said that there will be no tactical alliances in the second round. In prior years, the opposition center-right and former ruling Socialist Party joined together to block political supremacy FN.
French regions have the authority when it local transport, education and economic development.
- 13 Dec, 2015
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