Le Pen’s far-right party suffers blow in French regional elections
by Kim Willsher in Paris from World news | The Guardian on (#5KKD4)
Rassemblement National fails to win region in south of France stronghold after rivals form Republican front'
Marine Le Pen's far-right party has suffered a serious electoral blow when it failed to win a regional election in its stronghold in the south of France.
The Rassemblement National (RN) had pinned its last chances on taking the Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur region (PACA) after emerging victorious from last week's first-round vote, although by a small margin.
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