First-round of French local elections sees strong showing for National

<p><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;guim&period;co&period;uk&sol;img&sol;media&sol;94b68f96832d18c9d41865df4247b3b16819bea6&sol;338&lowbar;0&lowbar;4431&lowbar;3544&sol;master&sol;4431&period;jpg&quest;width&equals;1200&&num;038&semi;height&equals;630&&num;038&semi;quality&equals;85&&num;038&semi;auto&equals;format&&num;038&semi;fit&equals;crop&&num;038&semi;precrop&equals;40&colon;21&comma;offset-x50&comma;offset-y0&&num;038&semi;overlay-align&equals;bottom&percnt;2Cleft&&num;038&semi;overlay-width&equals;100p&&num;038&semi;overlay-base64&equals;L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&&num;038&semi;enable&equals;upscale&&num;038&semi;s&equals;c3159243825adb63490553e154bdcff8" alt&equals;""><br &sol;>&NewLine;Far-right and radical left parties likely to increase their local presence in advance of next year’s presidential race<br &sol;>&NewLine;<br &sol;> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;theguardian&period;com&sol;world&sol;2026&sol;mar&sol;15&sol;french-local-elections-first-round-results" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Source<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js&quest;client&equals;ca-pub-5730108346191534" &NewLine; crossorigin&equals;"anonymous"><&sol;script><p class&equals;"wpsai&lowbar;spacing&lowbar;before&lowbar;adsense"><&sol;p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js&quest;client&equals;ca-pub-5730108346191534" &NewLine; crossorigin&equals;"anonymous"><&sol;script>