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Presidents of regions hostile to postponement of regional elections in 2022

6/16/2020, 6:49:23 PM


If none of them has been officially contacted, the subject is well on the table."What is this mess?" , exclaims Xavier Bertrand. While the regional elections are scheduled for March 2021, the prospect of a postponement of the poll to 2022 by the executive - that is to say after the presidential - mentioned in the JDD , annoyed the regional presidents. If none of them has been officially contacted, the subject is well on the table. “It is true that the president and all his in...

"What is this mess?" , exclaims Xavier Bertrand. While the regional elections are scheduled for March 2021, the prospect of a postponement of the poll to 2022 by the executive - that is to say after the presidential - mentioned in the JDD , annoyed the regional presidents. If none of them has been officially contacted, the subject is well on the table. “It is true that the president and all his interlocutors did not close the door. The president is thinking about it, ” confirms a majority official at Le Figaro .

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