In 30,143 municipalities in France, we know the mayor. Because the city councilor was elected in the first round of municipal elections on March 15. For the 5,000 other municipalities where there was to be a second round, postponed following confinement to avoid the spread of the coronavirus, this is the great uncertainty. Guest of the TF1 newspaper, Thursday evening, Edouard Philippe mentioned a further possible postponement of the second round of the municipal elections to "October" or "after".
This possible new postponement of the second round, initially scheduled for March 22 and postponed to June 21, had already been revealed during a videoconference Thursday morning between Edouard Philippe and the presidents of political parties, heads of parliamentary groups and associations of elected.
"It is not the Prime Minister who will make the decision, it is Parliament"
"The decision to organize or not the second round on June 1 will be made on May 3 after a report that will say at that time if it is possible to [organize]" at this date, reminded the Prime Minister. “If possible, the second round of municipal elections will be held on this date. If we note, in May, that in June it is not possible to organize the second round, which many observers or actors in political life anticipate or feel […], it will be necessary to postpone this election , maybe in October, maybe after, ”he said.
"It is a decision that will be taken collectively," he said. "It is not the Prime Minister who will make the decision, it is the Parliament since it will require a law to organize things". Such a decision, which will require a repeat of the first round where candidates were not elected in the first round, could also imply postponing the senatorial elections scheduled for September.
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The head of government assured that this second round only concerned about 5,000 municipalities where the mayor had not been elected in the first round, and that "very probably" it will be necessary to reorganize, for these municipalities, the "two rounds" of ballot.
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