France Regional Elections, December 2015 – Results: National Front fails to win any French regions

Results and analysis of the second round of the regional elections held in France on the 13 December 2015.

The conservative Les Républicains party won seven regions and the Socialist Party five. The far-right Front National won no region, despite having done well in the first round of voting on the 6 December 2015.

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The Local.fr, 13.12.15: Le Pen defiant after regional election failure http://www.thelocal.fr/20151213/french-far-right-fails-to-win-a-single-region-in-elections

ESO: Background information: French regional elections, 2015: French parties scramble to halt National Front in second round of polling http://www.europeansources.info/record/french-regional-elections-2015-french-parties-scramble-to-halt-national-front-in-second-round-of-polling/

ESO: Background information: French regional elections, 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/french-regional-elections-2015/

France24, 14.12.15: Far-right National Front fails to win single region in French elections http://www.france24.com/en/20151213-far-right-national-front-fails-win-single-region-french-regional-elections

BBC News, 14.12.15: French National Front defeated in bid to win regional vote http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35088276

Politico, 13.12.15: 5 takeaways from the elections in France http://www.politico.eu/article/5-takeaways-france-second-round-regional-vote-elections-december-13/

EurActiv, 14.12.15: French far-right fails to win any regions in upset for Le Pen http://www.euractiv.com/sections/elections/french-far-right-fails-win-any-regions-upset-le-pen-320389

EUObserver, 14.12.15: France: National Front blocked, but not defeated https://euobserver.com/beyond-brussels/131503

Tages-Anzeiger, 14.12.15: Front National really is just a protest party (via Euro|Topics) http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/archiv/aehnliche/archiv_article/ARTICLE174820-Front-National-really-is-just-a-protest-party

Le Soir, 13.12.15: Le Pen's defeat deceptive (via Euro|Topics) http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/archiv/aehnliche/archiv_article/ARTICLE174817-Le-Pen-s-defeat-deceptive

The Conversation, 14.12.15: Has France really seen the back of the Front National? https://theconversation.com/has-france-really-seen-the-back-of-the-front-national-52228

The Local.fr, 14.12.15: Election defeat still a victory for Le Pen and co http://www.thelocal.fr/20151214/france-hardly-a-defeat-for-the-national-front

The Guardian, 14.12.15: [Analysis]: What the French election results mean for the 2017 presidential race http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/14/french-elections-what-results-mean-for-2017-presidential-race

Blog: LSE Europpblog, 14.12.15: French regional elections: Failure for the Front National, but little to celebrate for the mainstream http://bit.ly/1IOxFGn

Blog: Open Europe, 14.12.15: French regional election: Lessons learnt http://openeurope.org.uk/blog/french-regional-election-lessons-learnt/

openDemocracy: Can Europe Make It?, 14.12.15: Front National: victorious defeat https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/patrice-de-beer/front-national-victorious-defeat

Politico, 15.12.15: Why the National Front (thinks it) won in France http://www.politico.eu/article/why-marine-le-pen-national-front-thinks-it-won-in-france-regional-elections/

The Conversation, 14.12.15: The Front National’s polling better than ever, but don’t expect a President Le Pen http://theconversation.com/the-front-nationals-polling-better-than-ever-but-dont-expect-a-president-le-pen-52229

CAPX, 14.12.15: France’s National Front is far from finished http://www.capx.co/frances-national-front-is-far-from-finished/

EurActiv, 14.12.15: National Front’s record scores a ‘defeat for all’ http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-priorities-2020/national-fronts-record-scores-defeat-all-320414

EurActiv, 15.12.15: Election failure a potential springboard for Le Pen presidential campaign http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-priorities-2020/election-failure-potential-springboard-len-pen-presidential-campaignnt

Euro|Topics: Who's saying what: FN on the rise http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/debatten/links-2015-12-frontnationalaufstieg/

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