Before each election, all voters receive election propaganda by mail.

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The distribution of electoral envelopes for the next elections and for a period of four years has been entrusted approximately for half to a private operator, Adrexo, to the detriment of La Poste, which had had a monopoly until now.

The management of La Poste confirmed to AFP having "won eight (geographic) lots out of the 15 on the market".

The Ministry of the Interior, which piloted the call for tenders, told AFP that it "has since January 1, 2021 two providers for the delivery of electoral propaganda: La Poste and Adrexo" , private operator of physical and digital advertising print distribution.

Public service

“This choice of service provider is the result of a call for tenders with a fair comparison of offers.

Adrexo will provide this service in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bourgogne France Comté, Center-Val de Loire, Grand Est, Hauts de France, Normandy and Pays de la Loire for a period of four years, ”the ministry specified.

"Why has the State not given priority to the public postal service, the only one capable of delivering addressed distribution to all territories?

Through this operation, is the State seeking to discredit mailbox distribution in order to ultimately justify the switch to all digital, even if it means excluding a part of the population and weakening our democracy a little more?

“Asks the CGT union of La Poste in a press release.

70,000 factors mobilized

For SUD-PTT, this move to the private sector “is a logical step in the overall strategy of the La Poste group for which the distribution of electoral envelopes is a market like any other which has long since ceased to have the priority it has. could have ”.

The CGT nevertheless believes that "the electoral period is always a highlight at La Poste and mobilizes 70,000 letter carriers, true distribution professionals 6 days a week and throughout the country".

The union wonders about Adrexo's ability to carry out this mission with "only 17,300 distributors whose job is not necessarily addressed distribution".

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