Europe 1 with AFP 7:50 p.m., January 6, 2022

Prime Minister Jean Castex will bring together the leaders of political parties on Tuesday morning to initiate consultation on the conduct of the presidential campaign and the vote, in a context of still strong traffic from the coronavirus epidemic. The meeting will also bring together "the declared candidates for the presidential election".

Prime Minister Jean Castex will bring together the political parties on Tuesday morning to initiate consultation on the conduct of the presidential campaign and the vote, in a context of still strong circulation of the coronavirus epidemic, Matignon announced Thursday.

The meeting, scheduled for 11 am by videoconference, will bring together "the leaders of political parties as well as the declared candidates for the presidential election", in the presence of the Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin and that of Health Olivier Véran, said Matignon.

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The establishment of a forum for dialogue

"Its objective is to set up a forum for dialogue to ensure over the next few weeks that the presidential campaign as well as the voting operations can be organized, under the control of the judicial bodies, under the best conditions. given the epidemic context, "added the services of the Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister announced on December 27, at the end of a Defense Council, the establishment of a commission on the organization of the presidential election, the 1st and 2nd rounds of which are scheduled for April 10 and 24. .

A similar consultation took place ahead of the regional and departmental elections in June 2021, when the epidemic situation was also worrying.

For the time being, and relying on constitutional law which protects freedom of assembly, the executive has ruled out imposing any restrictions on political meetings, returning the responsibility to the organizers.

Some candidates have thus chosen to cancel or postpone their January meetings, others preferring to maintain them by imposing gauges, distributing FFP2 masks or asking for the health pass at the entrance.