PARIS France’s second round of local elections saw left-wing victories in the country’s biggest cities as polls closed. According to exit polls, voter turnout reached 57% in the second round, compared to 41.86% in the same round of the 2020 local elections. In the country’s three largest cities, Paris, Marseille, and Lyon, candidates backed by the left emerged victorious, while in many municipalities, voters re-elected incumbent mayors. Edouard Philippe, who served as prime minister under