PARIS ¨C The far-right National Front made only limited gains in French local elections won by a wide margin on Sunday by ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy¡¯s conservatives and their centrist allies.
Sarkozy¡¯s UMP and its allies will take over two thirds of the 102 local ¡°departements¡°, exit polls showed, up from 41 now, in a boost for the former president, whose recent comeback at the helm of the UMP is challenged within the party.
¡°The French people have massively rejected the policies of (President) Francois Hollande and his government,¡± he told party supporters. ¡°The time for change is now.¡±
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