Beyond the health risk, does the government's choice to organize the second round of municipal elections from June 28, postponed due to the coronavirus epidemic, present political risks? Yes, according to some members of the majority, who were not in favor of a vote before the summer.
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"All the outgoing mayors are displayed by distributing masks"
"It is a terrible breach of equality", storms an elected LREM, for whom the second round can only be a fiasco for the LREM candidates. "For the past two months, all the outgoing mayors have appeared by distributing masks, the others had no right to campaign," argues this Macronist, who pleaded personally with the President for a postponement of a year.
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"It is obvious, there will be a premium for those leaving," also analyzes a pillar of the majority. There are many reasons to believe in this: a campaign without a meeting and without leaflets, but also a high risk of abstention and the specter of a possible sanction vote against the executive.
Reduced chances of winning new Senate seats
However, for the majority, bad municipal elections would ruin the chances of obtaining new LREM seats in the Senate. We therefore understand why the opposition, especially on the right, is rather satisfied with the choice of executive and remains in ambush, especially if the epidemic forced to postpone the election again.
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And a majority executive sigh: "Those who said thank you today will not hesitate to shoot on sight if it goes wrong ..."