{"id":843807,"date":"2026-03-23T00:19:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T00:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/843807\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T00:19:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T00:19:20","slug":"socialists-retain-major-cities-in-frances-local-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/843807\/","title":{"rendered":"Socialists Retain Major Cities in France&#8217;s Local Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Arabic version:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ozarab.media\/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b4%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%83%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%86-%d9%8a%d8%ad%d8%aa%d9%81%d8%b8%d9%88%d9%86-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%af%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83%d8%a8%d8%b1%d9%89-%d9%81%d9%8a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u0627\u0644\u0627\u0634\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0643\u064a\u0648\u0646 \u064a\u062d\u062a\u0641\u0638\u0648\u0646 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0645\u062f\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0628\u0631\u0649 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0646\u062a\u062e\u0627\u0628\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062d\u0644\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0631\u0646\u0633\u064a\u0629<\/a><\/p>\n<p>France\u2019s Socialists and their allies held on to power in the country\u2019s major cities during recent local elections, signaling a potential boost for mainstream parties ahead of the upcoming presidential elections. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/crk14m7mjddo?at_medium=RSS&amp;at_campaign=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC News<\/a>, the Socialists held onto power in Paris, Marseille, Lyon, and Lille, while far-left and far-right factions made notable gains in other regions.<\/p>\n<p>The outcome highlighted the challenges faced by alliances between mainstream left parties and the far-left France Unbowed (LFI), as voters in traditional Socialist strongholds like Clermont-Ferrand and Brest leaned towards center and right candidates. In contrast, cities such as Paris and Marseille saw incumbent Socialists re-elected after distancing themselves from the far-left due to accusations of sectarian anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n<p>Lyon\u2019s ecologist mayor, Gregory Doucet, managed to ally himself with LFI and still secure victory, but this was viewed as an exception. Pierre Jouvet, the PS secretary-general, remarked on the LFI\u2019s failure to gain traction, suggesting that it may even hinder electoral success for the left.<\/p>\n<p>The LFI did achieve victories in some areas, including Roubaix, and claimed a first-round win in Saint-Denis, but overall, the elections favored mainstream parties. The pro-Macron Renaissance party celebrated a significant win in Bordeaux, while Edouard Philippe, a former prime minister, triumphed in Le Havre, positioning himself as a potential centrist candidate for the 2027 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the elections underscored the enduring strength of mainstream parties against the backdrop of rising far-left and far-right influences, raising questions about the political landscape as France approaches its next presidential contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arabic version: \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0634\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0643\u064a\u0648\u0646 \u064a\u062d\u062a\u0641\u0638\u0648\u0646 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0645\u062f\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0628\u0631\u0649 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0646\u062a\u062e\u0627\u0628\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062d\u0644\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0631\u0646\u0633\u064a\u0629 France\u2019s Socialists and their allies held on to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":843808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[34,2000,299,36,10751,285,170202],"class_list":{"0":"post-843807","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-emmanuel-macron","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-france","12":"tag-local-elections","13":"tag-politics","14":"tag-socialists"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116275626921585841","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=843807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/843808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}