A viewer watches the intervention of Emmanuel Macron, March 16, 2020. - SEBASTIEN SALOM-GOMIS / SIPA

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Coronavirus: Restriction of travel, postponement of municipal elections… What to remember from the new speech by Emmanuel Macron

“We are at war. The sentence was repeated ten times to get the message across. Emmanuel Macron spoke to the French on Monday in the middle of a coronavirus crisis. The head of state announced a tightening of measures to fight the spread of the epidemic and a postponement of the second round of municipal elections. 20 Minutes summarizes the presidential address, sometimes with martial overtones.

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Society

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Society

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Coronavirus: Emmanuel Macron announces the postponement of the second round of municipal elections

No vote on Sunday in some 5,000 municipalities in France. Emmanuel Macron announced during a speech on Monday, the postponement of the second round of municipal elections, scheduled for next Sunday, due to the spread of the coronavirus. The President of the Republic said he had consulted the President of the Senate, the National Assembly and his predecessors, Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande, before making his decision.

Politics

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Olympic Games: IOC meets on Tuesday, skepticism grows in Japan

As skepticism grows in Japan on the continuation of the Tokyo Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee does not deviate from its course and meets on Tuesday its Executive Commission to officially "prepare an exchange of information" with the international federations and the more and more worried sportsmen. No date has been set for a decision on a possible cancellation of the Tokyo Olympic Games, said a senior official of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Australian John Coates, on Tuesday, who also said that the event prepared as expected. The discussions, which will follow the Olympic executive meeting, are expected to focus on the thorny issue of qualifications for Tokyo and will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday by conference call.

Sport

Uncertainty grows over the Tokyo Olympics

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