Tag: anti-immigrant National Front (FN)

• Monday, December 14th 2015 - 07:07 UTC

  Sarkozy conservatives take the day beating Le Pen's National Front

  

  Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front failed to take a single region during the runoff of regional elections after dominating the first round of voting, pollsters projected. The conservatives of former president Nicolas Sarkozy surged against the governing Socialists, changing the political map of France.

• Tuesday, March 25th 2014 - 09:30 UTC

  Despite backlash from the extreme right, France will stick to economic reforms, says minister

  

  President Francois Hollande's government will stick to planned economic reforms and spending cuts despite being punished in local elections where the anti-immigrant National Front (FN) made gains, the French finance minister said on Monday.