#municipal-elections

#municipal-elections

Emmanuel Gregoire clinched the prized mayoralty with an estimated 51 to 53 percent of the vote, seeing off Conservative rival Rachida Dati, who conceded defeat.

France will hold municipal elections on March 15 and 22, votes seen as a key test ahead of next year's presidential election. The two-round ballot will measure the strength of the far-right National Rally (RN) and showcase what types of alliances could emerge in an increasingly fragmented landscape.

Eileen Higgins will be sworn in on Thursday as Miami's first female mayor and the first Democrat to hold that office in nearly 30 years. Her swearing-in ceremony, to be held on the Miami Dade College campus, will mark the beginning of a new wave of Democratic mayors and governors elected a year after Donald Trump's victory and who are promising to challenge the Republican's policies.

The centre-left could lose control of Copenhagen for the first time in the city's electoral history as residents of the Danish capital go to the polls amid growing disillusionment with the divisive politics of the prime minister, Mette Frederiksen.

At the preliminary elections on Sept. 9, voters will have the opportunity to influence the direction of the city's future by deciding which mayoral and City Council candidates will advance to the general election on Nov. 4. The preliminary election will narrow the field, with the top two candidates in the mayoral race moving forward and eight city council candidates (out of ten) also advancing to the next round.

Israeli attacks have intensified in southern Lebanon, prompting Prime Minister Nawaf Salam to call for international pressure to uphold the November ceasefire with Hezbollah.