Regional: the executive sets up the postponement track

At the top of the state, the distribution of roles is now clear.

Emmanuel Macron plays the “good cop”, and he lets his relatives pass for the “bad cops”.

Still scalded by the municipal fiasco, whose opinion made him bear the responsibility, the President of the Republic has learned the lesson.

This time, no question of assuming alone the consequences of postponing the regional and departmental elections, scheduled for March 14 and 21.

Faced with the continued deterioration of the health situation, its strategy consists of gradually letting the idea of ​​a change settle in the public debate, but without ever expressing itself directly.

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In front of some guests he gathered in mid-October at the Elysee Palace, the Head of State was just content to slip that his

electoral

as currently planned.

he hastened to add.

Implied: unlike last winter, consensus becomes a prerequisite for a decision, and no longer the reverse.

Request of clarification

As a result, the executive has still not officially confirmed any date.

Better still, a commission bringing together the government and the opposition has just been created and entrusted to Jean-Louis Debré.

The former president of the Constitutional Council was given a mandate to settle - collegially - the question by the end of the year, by associating in his work the presidents of the Chambers, the representatives of the various parliamentary sensibilities, and the leaders of the principal political parties.

We do not tamper with the electoral calendar;

those who have tried it have always bit their fingers

Gérard Larcher's entourage

While awaiting their conclusions, several voices have already begun to rise, within the majority, to prepare the ground in the minds.

The President of the National Assembly, Richard Ferrand, publicly indicated Wednesday on RMC-BFMTV that

.

Supported by François Bayrou, who gives him

, the tenant of the perch deplores in particular

campaign with which all the candidates are confronted, which could run a risk of nullity to the results.

, deplores a member of the first circle of Emmanuel Macron, according to whom it is better, under these conditions, to extend the lease of the executives already in place.

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Outside the microphone, the relatives of the Head of State recognize however that their

.

And how big is it!

This is the presidential election.

, recognizes an evening visitor.

Who does not hide his fear of a return of the trial to a Republican monarchy.

“We do not tamper with the electoral calendar;

those who have tried it have always bit their fingers ”

, bounces around Gérard Larcher.

, specifies this close to the President of the Senate, recalling that, on this subject, Gérard Larcher's position has never changed.

Including at the time of municipal elections.

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A position shared by the boss of the Republicans, Christian Jacob, who asks the government to

.

Starting with the thorny issue of campaign accounts.

The outgoing regional presidents, for some presidential candidates like Xavier Bertrand, are waiting to know.

The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, hinted Thursday that the conclusion of the Debré report would be made

.

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