France: far right and left make gains in municipal elections

France lacks capable leaders, Les Echos laments:

“Election after election, our fellow citizens are turning away from a political class that keeps disappointing them. Its inability to keep promises and failure to manage public finances at the national and local levels is increasingly discrediting it in the eyes of the French. This is undoubtedly the final warning before voters make a clean break, even at the risk of losing control of their own destiny. With thirteen months to go before the presidential election, we don’t need dozens of pseudo-presidential candidates; we need competent, courageous, and legitimate men and women who can put our country back on track. The search continues.”