Election recap: President Macron's En........>

FRANCE: Election recap: President Macron's En Marche suffered poor results

across major cities in the June 28 vote as the centre-left environmentalist EELV

won the mayoralties of several major cities including Lyonand Bordeaux.

- Incumbent Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo from the Socialist Party retained her

office, with the En Marche candidate coming a distant third.

- The EELV benefited from running as part of a centre-left/leftist coalition.

- The right-wing nationalist Rassemblement National (formerly the Front

National) won the mayoralty of Perpignan, the first time the party has gained

control of a city of more than 100k residents.

- PM Edouard Philippe retained the mayoralty of Le Havre. 

- While the results for Macron and his party were poor, they do not spell

disaster for his chances of re-election. Firstly, the next presidential election

is not until 2022, when the French economy may be rebounding from its COVID-19

induced slump. Also En Marche, as a relatively new political party, does not

have the local structures in place that many more established parties do, making

local campaigning difficult compared to a national-level race.