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The Figaro letter of April 13, 2021

2021-04-13T05:11:10.073Z


On the menu today: the regional elections held in June, the banking crisis in Lebanon and the reopening of English pubs.


Dear subscribers,

Book now your Sundays June 13 and 20: the regional elections will take place well before the summer.

The question had been tearing the political class apart for three days.

The opposition can be reassured, the executive has chosen to follow the advice of the mayors and not to postpone the poll to the fall.

Otherwise, we will talk to you about the banking difficulties in Lebanon, the opening of Ramadan in a context of tensions within the national authorities of Islam and the English who are deconfining themselves in the pub.

Have a nice day,

Louise Darbon

• Featured

Faced with the outcry, Macron maintains the regional

Emmanuel Macron.

SARAH MEYSSONNIER / REUTERS

The political soap opera of the weekend and the start of the week was born from a short text message sent on Friday April 9 by the prefects to the 36,000 mayors of France.

Invited to respond to a survey on the potential postponement of regional and departmental elections, the French city councilors had to pronounce "

imperatively for Monday April 12, 2021 at 12 noon

".

A quick consultation that surprised more than one.

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Source: lefigaro

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