The mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi.

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LAURENT VU / SIPA

From June to September.

The regional and departmental elections must be postponed, pleaded the LR mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi in the Journal du Dimanche, estimating that "the only campaign which must prevail is the vaccination campaign".

"These elections can only be held when the majority of French people are vaccinated," insisted the elected.

"Our democracy will not be confined if we have the guarantee that these elections [for the moment scheduled for June 13 and 20], will be held in 2021, when the situation improves, from September", estimates the mayor of the fifth city ​​in France.

The opinion of "mayors, especially of small towns"

The elected Riviera by affirming "to carry the voice of many mayors, especially of small towns": "To hold this position is also to listen to the French who do not want to hear about the electoral campaign".

In passing, the elected representative reminds "his friends the Republicans" that it is they who postponed the municipal elections from 2007 to 2008, "because of the presidential election": "Is this pretext more important than the management of a crisis of such magnitude?

He asks himself.

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  • Coronavirus

  • Departmental elections

  • Regional elections

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  • Christian Estrosi

  • Society

  • Nice