100 municipalities beneath the microscope of the “World” | EUROtoday

The 2026 municipal elections will likely be a strong microscope to look at the political vitality of France. Positioned a bit over a 12 months earlier than the presidential election, this poll will decide the names of mayors and municipal groups for the following six years. But the outcomes of the 2 rounds, scheduled for March 15 and 22, may also make it attainable to measure the institution of the National Rally, to take inventory of macronism and to probe the fault traces between La France insoumise and the remainder of the left, particularly the Socialist Party and Les Ecologistes, on the head of many cities.

These elections, essential politically, are additionally thrilling geographically and humanly, the French having maintained a strong hyperlink with their mayors. For months, journalists from Worldcorrespondents, political editors, main reporters and photographers traveled throughout the 13 metropolitan areas and a number of other abroad communes.

Objective ? Meet outgoing elected officers, new candidates and fierce opponents to explain the problems as shut as attainable to the sector. On the eve of the primary spherical, The World could have printed greater than 100 articles on small cities, medium-sized cities and metropolises, all consultant of a small piece of France and affected by the large questions of the twenty first^e century. An edifying overview of the tensions and richness of the nation’s democratic life, on the eve of main electoral occasions.