The mayor of Poitiers, pregnant, points out the legal void in maternity leave for elected officials. The 33-year-old elected official, who will be absent for two months from mid-March, points to legal problems concerning her remuneration and replacement.
In France, maternity leave recognizes the right of women to benefit from an income maintained for the legal duration. A transpartisan bill proposed by the Macronist MP Violette Spillebout and the communist Sébastien Jumel is notably being prepared in the Assembly.