{"id":21666,"date":"2015-12-06T00:56:34","date_gmt":"2015-12-06T00:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/france-votes-in-first-election-since-paris\/"},"modified":"2015-12-06T00:57:24","modified_gmt":"2015-12-06T00:57:24","slug":"france-votes-in-first-election-since-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/france-votes-in-first-election-since-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"France votes in first election since Paris attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

{France is set to vote in the first round of regional elections, the first electoral challenge since the Paris attacks, which killed 130 people.
\n}<\/p>\n

The elections are viewed as a test of public support for the government’s response to the attacks on 13 November.<\/p>\n

The far-right National Front (FN) is hoping to make gains and the centre-right Les Republicains party led by former President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to win a majority of regions.<\/p>\n

The second round is on 13 December.<\/p>\n

Polls open at 08:00 (07:00 GMT) and close at 20:00 (19:00 GMT), with some 44 million people eligible to vote.
\nTwo target regions<\/p>\n

The FN leader, Marine Le Pen, is likely to win in the northern region of Nord-Pas-De-Calais-Picardie, while her niece Marion Marechal-Le Pen is a leading contender in the southern region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur.<\/p>\n

It would be the first time the National Front has captured any of France’s regions.<\/p>\n

Both Les Republicains and the National Front are heading for around 30% of votes, according to opinion polls, but President Francois Hollande’s Socialist Party is trailing on around 22% and looks likely to lose control of some regions.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Manuel Valls made an “appeal to patriotism” on Thursday in an effort to rally the Socialist vote in elections which usually see a low turnout because of the relatively limited powers enjoyed by regional administrations.<\/p>\n

The National Front is hoping that a strong performance in this poll will boost the party’s chances for the 2017 presidential elections.<\/p>\n

New suspects<\/p>\n

A recent opinion poll suggests the National Front’s popularity has increased by between four and seven percentage points since the Paris attacks.<\/p>\n

The assaults on 13 November left 130 people dead and more than 350 wounded.<\/p>\n

On Friday the Belgian prosecutor’s office said police were seeking two new suspects accused of aiding the fugitive suspect from the Paris attacks Salah Abdeslam.<\/p>\n

The pair are “armed and dangerous” and are thought to have helped Abdeslam travel to Hungary in September.<\/p>\n

Investigators say Abdeslam may have driven the suicide bombers at the Stade de France to their target on the night of the Paris attacks.<\/p>\n

But Abdeslam’s precise role in the attacks remains unclear. There are suggestions he was meant to carry out a suicide attack on the night but decided against it.<\/p>\n

\"Marion<\/figure>\n

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