Turnout still low at midday in French regional elections

A man enters a polling station during the second round of French regional and departmental elections, in Velizy-Villacoublay, France June 27, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

(Corrects date of last election to 2015)

PARIS (Reuters) - Turnout by midday in the second round of French regional elections was 12.66%, only slightly up on last week's record low of 12.22%, the interior ministry said on Sunday.