Initial exit polls suggest Front National leader Marine Le Pen has had a disappointing first round in the French regional elections.<br /><br /> Prior to the election, polls suggested her anti-immigration, anti-euro party would do well, in the light of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in France.<br /><br /> FRANCE antifascist election liveblog: Le Pen seeks département wins http://t.co/u73vfWlBoY #antifa #nopasaran #france pic.twitter.com/PtMYlQpoy8— Dream Deferred (@dreamdef1) March 22, 2015<br /> <br /><br /> However, the Front National seems to be lagging behind in third place, with a predicted 25 percent of the vote, potentially scuppering Le Pen’s run for the French presidency in 2017.<br /><br /> On the contrary, Manuel Valls, France’s Socialist Prime Minister, seemed pleased with the result.<br /><br /> “Although it has too many votes, this evening the extreme right is not the top political party in France,” he said. “I congratulate myself because I personally committed to making this happen.”<br /><br /> President François Hollande’s Socialist Par
