Marine Le Pen won the first round of elections in the regions of France – TASS

PARIS, December 7. / Correspondent. Dmitry Gorokhov TASS /. The National Front, led by Marine Le Pen, was the undisputed winner of the first round of regional elections in France. Candidates for the party at the end of Sunday’s vote were leading in seven of the 13 regions of the country.

In general, the National Front at this time 29.8% of the national vote, the Republicans, led by Nicolas Sarkozy – 26.2%, in the ruling Socialist Party – 23,2%.

National Front left behind right and left

Thus, the party of Marine Le Pen on Sunday left behind and right and left. “From now on, the National Front, of course, the first batch of France,” – said in a brief statement after the announcement of the results of the first round of the head of the front. During the party, she said, “voted patriots” who made “a clear choice in favor of an alternative to the choking system”.

“We are the ones who defend the nation and its sovereignty – said Le Pen. – Long Live the Republic Long live France “.

One of the main demands of the parties – to stop the flow of migrants to France. The National Front also insisted on the independence of the French foreign policy, a radical review of relations with the EU.

The failure of the Socialists

Socialists suffered a serious defeat – party president Francois Hollande. Despite the approval of the French head of the republic decisive action to combat the terrorist threat, “Hollande effect” on Sunday did not work in the expected scale.

From the vote in the first round gave at least 49% of the voters. Confirmed the forecast close to the Socialist newspaper “Liberation”, stated on the eve of elections, “voter fatigue from the unrealized promises of the protracted economic crisis and the steady increase in unemployment”.

Do not vote more than 20 million

Signals Republicans from the camp on Sunday reduced the hopes of an electoral agreement with the center-right opposition Socialist Party. “The verdict of the French – Republic should no longer retreat, and she retreated over the past four years”, – said the leader of the Republicans, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. He noted that more than 20 million French people are not taken advantage of this Sunday voting.

“The implementation of the proposals of the National Front would seriously complicate the situation in France,” – said the leader of the Republicans. He called on the electorate right “to mobilize before the second round”, calling his party “the only alternative, credible”.

Sarkozy virtually shut the door to block the socialist candidates. “I will call on Monday, the political bureau of our party to reject the idea of ​​a single list” – he said.

The power and the opposition is not ready to join forces

Neither the president of the republic or the prime minister’s office Socialist Manuel Valls did not comment on Sunday evening the results of the first round. We socialists gathered at an emergency meeting of his national office, there are not a lot of reserves, to tip the scales in their favor during the second round of elections. The vote has been called “the last stop before the presidential campaign of 2017″.

The first secretary of the Socialist Party, Jean-Christophe Kambadelis, speaking after the meeting, called the socialists “the last bastion of republican France against extremism.” He expressed hope that parties other leftist forces – ecologists and the Communist Party.

Will the situation of the second round?

The two sides of the political triangle, the sum of which is theoretically more than a third party – the National Front, few practical chances to realize this hypothetical advantage in practice.

So, in the north-western region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Picardy head of the National Front leader Marine Le Pen is now far ahead of their rivals. For her, there voted 41% of voters. This gives it a real chance to take the post of head of administration in the region, the third largest country with a population of 6 million people.

Front leader’s niece Marion Marechal-Le Pen won 42% of votes in the south-eastern region of Provence-Alpy- Côte d’Azur, which reside on the territory of 5 million people. The youngest member of the French Parliament has left far behind his rival in the fight for the seat of the head of the region experienced politician Republican mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi.

It is likely, observers say that Sunday’s borders will be confirmed during the second round of regional elections. He is to be in France on December 13.