IN THE FRENCH PAPERS - Setback for French Socialists in Senate Elections

Live from the newsroom, FRANCE24's Oliver Farry provides an overview of today's French newspaper headlines.

France's ruling Socialists took a heavy defeat in Sunday's Senate elections, three years on from winning the upper house for the first time. The big winners were right-wing parties, including the far-right National Front, who enter the Senate for the first time, with two seats.

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