Marine Le Pen improves in Paris, but the capital still holds her in contempt

Rue du Sergent-Maginot, in the 16th arrondissement, right next to the Parc des Princes stadium and the périphérique. Perhaps this is where, every 1st of May, the leaders of the Rassemblement National (RN) should lay a wreath, rather than at the foot of the statue of Joan of Arc. In one of the polling stations set up on this street, Marine Le Pen achieved a striking score on Sunday, April 24. More than one in three voters (33.96%) selected a ballot with her name on it. It was her best score ever in any Paris polling station. It indicated that, despite many obstacles, the far right is gaining ground in the capital, even though the city is still strongly opposed to it.