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UMP leader Xavier Bertrand, speaking on RTL radio on Monday, suggested the conservative leadership was unfazed: "I didn't hear the French people say
'No' to reforms." He suggested the French were looking for guidance out of the economic crisis. For the left, Sunday's election may help rescue the Socialists after years of being divided and drifting. The Socialists were boosted by alliances with far left parties and especially with Europe Ecologie, a movement of green parties enjoying growing popularity. The challenge now is for the left to keep those ties from unraveling. The far right National Front reversed its decline and won 9.5 percent of votes overall in the 12 regions where they made it into Sunday's runoff
-- and in some regions topped 20 percent. Sunday's elections decided the leadership of 26 regional councils from the French mainland to far-flung provinces in the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean. The Socialists bulldozed their way across France in the last vote in 2004, but performed even better this year.
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