High-profile regional elections in France are today:
PARIS – French voters are casting ballots Sunday for regional leaders in an unusually tense security climate, expected to favor conservative and far right candidates and strike a new blow against the governing Socialists.
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-inspired attacks on Paris Nov. 13 and a Europe-wide migrant crisis this year have shaken up France’s political landscape.
Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigration National Front is hoping the two-round voting that starts Sunday will consolidate political gains she has made in recent years – and strengthen its legitimacy as she prepares to seek the presidency in 2017.
