Anonymous19 days ago
French voters headed to the polls on March 15, 2026 — the first of two rounds of municipal elections across 35,000 communes that serve as the most significant test of the far-right National Rally's local strength before the wide-open 2027 presidential election. With the RN fielding candidates in roughly 600 municipalities and leading polls in major cities like Nice and Marseille, the elections could mark the party's transformation from a protest movement into a governing force — or expose the persistent gap between its national popularity and local credibility.