France's far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen gestures as she speaks during a political rally as part of the campaign for the second round in the French local elections in Henin-Beaumont, northern France, March 25, 2015. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
PARIS (Reuters) - French voters elect thousands of local councillors on Sunday in a test of the far-right National Front's growing hold on grassroots politics.
While the FN came second in the first round of voting last week, in a setback to its claims that it has become the country's first party, it did win one in four votes and is all but certain to see a big jump from its current two councilors.
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