Guest of the Grand Rendez-vous on Europe 1, Bruno Retailleau, president of the group Les Républicains au Sénat, returned to the management of the health and economic crisis linked to the coronavirus in France. Asked about the second round of municipal elections, he judged that the poll could not be held in June. "No one is under any illusions," he said. 

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When can the French elect their mayors? With confinement, the second round of municipal elections was postponed to June 21, a month after May 11, the expected day of deconfinement. But for Bruno Retailleau, guest of the  Grand Rendez-vous  Sunday, this date will be untenable. "Who will take responsibility for a second round on June 21 when you will have a third of the departments in the red zone?" He asked.

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"No one is under any illusions, it's an open secret (...) Obviously the municipal elections will undoubtedly take place at the start of the school year," he said. Nevertheless, the president of the group The Republicans in the Senate has a request for the government: to constitute the municipal councils in the communes "where the first turn was conclusive".

"At the end of May, at the latest at the beginning of June, we must be able to elect mayors and deputies, because we need them," said Bruno Retailleau, recalling that more than 30,000 cities were in this region. case. "We cannot put local democracy under cover," launched the senator from Vendée. 

Municipal elections at the start of the school year?

"No one is under any illusions. Who will take responsibility for a second round on June 21?"

Bruno Retailleau, senator from Vendée and head of the LR group in the Senate, is the guest of the Grand Rendez-Vous on # Europe1 # LeGrandRDVpic.twitter.com / KDKerEaOZY

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