France’s National Front party failed to make a major breakthrough in the country’s regional elections.<br /><br /> The party, led by Marine Le Pen, failed to win control of a single region after finishing in first place in last week’s first round of voting.<br /><br /> euronews went to Strasbourg, a city close to the border with Germany, where a centre-right candidate managed to stave off a National Front victory.<br /><br /> Philippe Richert finished in first place with 48.4 percent of the vote, putting the FN’s Florian Philippot in second place with 36 percent.<br /><br /> Jean-Pierre Masseret, a Socialist, ignored party pleas to stand aside. He came in third place with 15.3 percent of the vote.<br /><br /> Philippe Breton, a politicial scientists at the University of Strasbourg said voters had been attracted to the National Front because “they offer very radical solutions.”<br /><br /> “Other political parties try to make compromises and talk about nuances because the situation is complex,” he told euronews. “When it gets too complex for som
