Édouard Philippe mentioned on Thursday the hypothesis of a new postponement of the second round of municipal elections to " October " or " after ", according to what will say the progress report on the epidemic of coronavirus which is to be published on May 23 .
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This possible new postponement of the second round, initially scheduled for March 22 and postponed to June 21, was discussed during a videoconference Thursday morning between Edouard Philippe and the presidents of political parties, heads of parliamentary groups and associations of elected officials . " The decision to organize or not the second round on June 21 will be made on May 23 after a report that will say at that time if it is possible to (the) organize " at this date, recalled the Prime Minister.
" It is a decision that will be taken collectively, " he said. " It is not the Prime Minister who will make the decision, it is the Parliament since it will require a law to organize things ".