Guillaume Tabard: "The clarity of a decision, the obviousness of the calendar"

As with all deconfinement, the verdict of the municipal calendar is "reversible" ; but at least a decision has been made. And no doubt that was the essential. Since there was no solution without drawbacks, the worst would have been to allow a debate that had lasted too long to flourish. And as Édouard Philippe knew that he would be the sole target of the dissatisfied, it was illusory to believe in a mutualisation of the risk thanks to a vote of the Parliament. Voting is no longer an issue. The government "takes sole responsibility for its decision" . Quick and assumed, the choice of June 28 therefore has the merit of clarity. It was decisive.

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The health concern remains strong, and it is the role of the Ministry of the Interior to ensure the necessary guarantees, for example by facilitating powers of attorney. But politically, there was no reason to postpone the poll further. Until September or January 2021, a new first round should have been organized. For once, there would be

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