Maintaining regional: towards debates on April 13 in the Assembly and on April 14 in the Senate

A debate on the maintenance of regional and departmental elections in June, despite the Covid-19 epidemic, should take place on April 13 in front of the National Assembly and on April 14 in front of the Senate, parliamentary sources said on Tuesday April 6.

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Following the recommendations of the Scientific Council, the government confirmed last week that it favored "

" the maintenance of these polls on June 13 and 20, dates on which it asked the parties for their opinion before Thursday April 8. in the evening, ahead of these debates.

The new restrictive measures to fight the epidemic, announced last Wednesday by Emmanuel Macron and those "

", a argues the government.

At this stage, almost all political parties have said they are in favor of maintaining the polls, especially since they have already been postponed from March to June due to the health crisis.

The date of April 13 for a declaration by the government to the Assembly in application of article 50-1 of the Constitution, followed by a debate, was given by the Minister of Relations with Parliament Marc Fesneau at a conference of presidents of the Assembly.

It was not specified whether there would be a vote or not.