Les Républicains claim symbolic victories over the left in municipal elections, but struggle in France's largest cities
- Posted on March 23, 2026
- By Le Monde
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Les Républicains claim symbolic victories over the left in municipal elections, but struggle in France's largest cities
Failing to win Paris, Lyon or Nantes, the party swung left-wing strongholds such as Brest, Clermont-Ferrand and Besançon to the right. All three cities had outgoing mayors allied with La France Insoumise (LFI, radical left), in what Bruno Retailleau condemned as 'shameful alliances.'
