Electoral alliances expected to play vital role in number of contests including Paris and Marseille Electoral alliances expected to play vital role in number of contests including Paris and Marseille Voting is under way in France in the second round of local elections – seenas a bellwether for next year’s presidential race – with cities including Paris and Marseille in the balance and both the radical left and far right hoping for gains. Most of France’s 35,000-odd communes elected their