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French parties scramble to make alliances ahead of local election runoffs © France 24

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Issued on: 17/03/2026 - 12:07

Local elections, including the race for the mayor of Paris, are set to be decided in runoff votes across France on Sunday with parties still in the running scrambling to make alliances with defeated rivals. They include controversial alliances between the he hard-left France Unbowed and France's Socialist party. Clovis Casali has more details.