it's ashley butler looks ahead to sunday's vote. it's been a bad week, the marine the pen. the french far right leader has been much of it defending her political party, the national rally after it did much worse than expected in the 1st round of the french regional elections. nearly surely. but tell me to check on the keys me, but the election isn't over this a 2nd round and the national really got through in every region. so it's a chance for voters who didn't vote in the 1st round to correct the situation by going out to vote this time. good opinion polls suggested pens party would lead in at least 6 of frances 13 mainland regions. in the end, it is a head in only one. the southern region of provost could the 0, where candidate carry mariani stepped up. his campaign, winning a region would be a 1st for the pens, anti immigration policy, propelling it from the fringes to the mainstream of french politics. the 1st round of the election was also disappointing for french presidency manual. my cross republic on the move policy, it failed to make it to the 2nd round in several

it's ashley butler joins is live now from paris. what more do we know about these results? well what we know is in terms of from 13 mainland regions, they all pretty much divided off to the regional election between the traditional lack the socialist allies and the traditional right. the conservatives and their support is very good for them. indeed, however, very bad for marine, the hen and her fall, right? national rally policy, not going into these elections that has had a 2 rounds, marine the pen thought that she might be able to win several regions in front. so candidate was in the lead in one region of the south of france, the profile does the region, but he has been knocked out by a conservative candidate. it will be hugely disappointing for marine pan. we have heard from her, she is blaming the organization of this election. she's blaming, turn out, but nevertheless, there'll be some very serious question in her policy as to why they did so badly so much worse than expected. also him, i don't micro, the french president his polity republican, the move they fail to ta