He especially does not want to reproduce the sorry fiasco of the first round. Annoyed to have given in to the pressure, turned up against the President LR of the Senate Gérard Larcher and all those who, according to him, in the opposition, demanded and obtained the maintenance of the first round of the municipal elections, Emmanuel Macron this time decided to take the lead. According to our information, the President of the Republic took advantage of the closed session of the Council of Ministers on Wednesday afternoon to pave the way for a postponement of the poll in the fall.
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Before a few members of the government, meeting by videoconference, the Head of State rebounded on the order presented by Christophe Castaner, the Minister of the Interior, to evoke the hypothesis of October 2020. Initially, it is next June 21 which had been retained by the executive. This date was however suspended from a report by the Scientific Council expected by mid-May, which was to take stock of the health projections expected at the end of
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