00:00W mostach fransch town halls,
00:03the outcome of the first round
00:04of the local election
00:06is clear. About two-thirds
00:08of them should have elected
00:10a mayor by
00:12Sunday night, often because
00:14there was little to no competition.
00:17But in major
00:18cities, the battle remains open
00:21and could lead to high-stakes
00:23run-offs next Sunday.
00:25In Paris,
00:26polls show the socialist
00:29candidate Emmanuel Grégoire
00:30ahead of conservative candidate
00:32Rashida Dati during this
00:35first round.
00:36In other major cities like Marseille
00:38and Lyon, well, the top candidates
00:40are currently neck and neck
00:43in this first round.
00:44So that means that in these cities,
00:47well, alliances will be crucial
00:48before next Sunday.
00:51And some political leaders have
00:53already set red lines.
00:55For example, French
00:57President Emmanuel Macron's
00:58Renaissance Party, as well
01:01as Olivier Four, the leader
01:03of the Socialist Party,
01:05have all excluded any
01:07alliance with the hard-left
01:08France unbowed.
01:10Meanwhile, the hard-left
01:12France unbowed Party is calling
01:13for left-wing unity in cities
01:16where the right or the far-right
01:18could win.
01:19The second round will take place
01:21next Sunday,
01:22deciding control of this city
01:24holes across France
01:26with national implications
01:28ahead of the country's
01:30presidential election next year.
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