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Seven departments request postponement of the 2021 elections

2020-10-12T18:28:38.054Z


INFO LE FIGARO - Elected officials, who co-sign a forum for the attention of the Prime Minister and parliamentarians, come mainly from the Grand Est region, which is very affected by the health crisis.


Postpone the departmental elections from March to June to better focus on the emergency.

At the initiative of Haute-Marne and its president, Nicolas Lacroix, seven departments are asking the government to take into account their difficulties in organizing these polls calmly.

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This concern is clearly expressed in a forum which

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was able to take cognizance of and which should be sent on Tuesday to the Prime Minister and parliamentarians.

In addition to the Republican Nicolas Lacroix for Haute-Marne, the signatories are Noël Bourgeois, (Ardennes, LR), Jean-François Galliard (Aveyron, UDI), Marc Gaudet (Loiret, UDI), Claude Léonard (Meuse, LR), Frédéric Bierry (Bas-Rhin, LR) and Bertrand Bellanger (Seine-Maritime, LREM).

Everyone remembers the chaotic unfolding of the municipal elections.

Obviously, the scenario is likely to repeat itself, with regard to the departmental elections next March

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In this text, the elected officials refer to previous local elections.

“Everyone remembers the chaotic unfolding of the municipal elections.

Obviously, the scenario risks repeating itself, with regard to the departmental elections next March, making

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