The far right won several medium-sized southern enclaves, but failed to capture any major prizes in the local polls, despite predictions. An ally of the far right, Eric Ciotti, won in the southern city of Nice, France’s fifth largest. RN party leader Bardella claimed Nice as a win for his own party. An RN mayor was re-elected last Sunday in the southern city of Perpignan, which has 120,000 inhabitants. An LFI mayor also won in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis of about 150,000 residents last week.
