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Francois Hollande - The next test for France's political landscape will be regional elections in December (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

France swings to right in local election, heavy defeat for left

France swung to the right after the second round of the local elections Sunday (29 March) handing a major victory to the opposition UMP and its allies, while the far-right won no departments but secured the most councillors ever.

According to the preliminary results of the elections, seen as a litmus test for the 2017 presidential elections, the centre-right went from controlling 41 departments before the elections to 65 afterwards.

The left was on course to lose around half of it...

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Francois Hollande - The next test for France's political landscape will be regional elections in December (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

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