The pressure was already strong. It has gone up a notch. Faced with the worsening of the coronavirus crisis, it seems impossible not to postpone the municipal elections. Saturday evening, Emmanuel Macron has just arrived at Le Touquet (Pas-de-Calais), where he is voting with his wife. In Paris, his prime minister has just spoken. An official address from the Ministry of Health. With a closed face and a serious tone, Édouard Philippe has just announced " from midnight until further notice " the closure of restaurants, bars, cinemas, nightclubs ... Only essential businesses are maintained: food, pharmacies, banks, petrol, press.
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It is 8 p.m. and stage 3 of the epidemic has been crossed. There are twelve hours left before the opening of the polling stations. The anxiety rises a notch. Regional presidents ask for the postponement of the first round. A group of doctors shifts. Relatives of the president expressed their doubts to him, including François Bayrou, who was fighting
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