Guest World News Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 [attach=full]479[/attach]By Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) - Early turnout was low in French local elections on Sunday, threatening to hit the ruling Socialist party with potentially heavy mid-term losses and provide the far-right National Front with gains. The Interior Ministry said turnout for mayoral votes in towns and villages was 23.16 percent by midday, around the same as the first round of town hall elections in 2008. Dissatisfaction with President Francois Hollande's rule - his approval rate is at record lows of 19 percent in opinion polls - and a string of legal issues involving opposition conservatives are seen helping the anti-immigrant Front (FN), which hopes to win outright in a record number of towns. Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault this week called on the opposition conservative UMP party to urge its voters to back Socialist candidates in towns where it stood no chance of election, promising the Socialists would do the same in a joint effort to keep out the FN out. Continue reading... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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