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Exit polls say National Front loses in 2nd round of French regional elections
National Front loses in 2nd round of French regional elections – exit polls – YouTube
“Nothing will stop us. Long live the French Republic, long live the nation, long live France”_Marine Le Pen
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.
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Les Republicans managed to win after the Socialist Party announced that it had withdrawn candidates in three regions – the north, east and southeast, where the National Front made major success – and urged their supporters to vote for the Republicans in an attempt to prevent the far-right party from gaining power.
Bertrand thanked his voters and those from the Socialist Party who voted for him to keep Le Pen out. However, in his Facebook post he said that he “will never forget the results of the first round” when the National Front won, which was like a “thunderclap” to him.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls from the Socialist Party said that although Le Pen’s party had failed to win, “the danger posed by the far-right has not gone away, far from it.”
“Tonight, there is no place for relief or triumphalism,” Valls added.
In her speech after the closure of the polls Le Pen thanked “6 million patriotic voters”.
“In its northern and southern bastions we’ve eradicated the evil-doing Socialist Party,” she said. “By tripling our number of councilors, we will be the main opposition force in most of the regions of France.”
The politician said that the results would not discourage the “inexorable rise, election after election, of a national movement” behind the party. She strongly criticized “defamation decided in gilded palaces,” adding that those who voted for her party managed to resist “intimidation, infantilization and manipulations.”
Source: http://blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2015/12/exit-polls-say-national-front-loses-in.html
