PRESS REVIEW – Monday, March 23: France's municipal elections are all over the French front pages. International papers try to make sense of the results, as all sides seem to be claiming victory. Next, Hittler is elected as mayor of a small French town, beating out Zielinsky. Finally, the first ever British SNL episode aired at the weekend, and critics are divided.
The French municipal elections are all over the country's front pages. Aujourd'hui en France presents the eclectic collection of France's new mayors. Left-wing website Mediapart headlines with "a big confusion" and describes a fragmented political landscape. Liberation talks about "relief" on the left. L'Humanité celebrates the left's victories in French big cities.
On the right of the press, l'Opinion says left-wing alliances between France Unbowed and the Socialist Party were mostly punished by voters. Le Figaro also mentions anti-left-alliance blockades on its front page. Libération sums up the situation by saying it is a "cacophony of contradictory self-satisfaction".
In the international papers, Politico chooses to give its own pick of the winners and losers of this election. Le Belgian paper Le Soir says that right-wing parties were able to capitalise on the political tension in the country, despite a big loss in Paris. The Financial Times says that the National Rally's wins in the south of France will come in useful for 2027.
Meanwhile, Le Parisien reports that Hittler has retained his mayorship.
In the UK, a lot of ink has been spilled over the first ever British edition of "Saturday Night Live". The Guardian gives it three stars. The Times says it is not funny yet. Variety magazine calls it "the TV equivalent of taking a photo in a red phone box next to Big Ben, before going to eat a burger in Five Guys".
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