According to the information of the portal, in this election the fate of 171 of 348 seats. In general, representatives of local councils will vote, and this is about 76 thousand councils.
The government party of incumbent President Emmanuel Macron "Republic on the march" could not take leadership in elections to this power structure. Many members of the council vote for the socialists Jean-Luc Melancheon, as well as other centrist forces in France.
In the country, however, the main legislative initiative belongs to the National Assembly, the Senate has a more consultative function.
The last word is usually for deputies of the lower house who can overcome the Senate's veto.
The very same rating of the incumbent has gone up in the last few months, which will give his strength additional points during the elections.
As reported in the "URA-Inform", France today has a big disagreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin in relation to Ukraine. This was recently announced by Emmanuel Macron.