With three months to go before the departmental and regional elections and one year to go before the presidential election, the electoral campaign has just begun. Special arrangements and warm-up before the race to the Elysée.
Many questions remain open for this ballot of 28 June 2020, which concerns some 4,800 municipalities in France. Will democracy come out of it greater? Not so sure…
Illegal taking of interests, corruption, favouritism, clientelism or sexual favours: the public prosecutor’s offices are overwhelmed by complaints and other “reports” of alleged offences against elected officials.
Leaflets, posters, meetings, complaints… and now soap opera videos on youtube.com spice up Marly’s election campaign. The mayor’s former chief of staff is rattling his cage.
That’s exactly the wrong thing to do. Announcing the use of 49-3 in the open on a late Saturday afternoon, after a cabinet meeting on coronavirus, is a major blunder that Macronesia will pay a heavy price for. At the ballot box. And in the street.
With two weeks to go before the first round of municipal elections, the executive could let go of the ballast on pension reform, too busy managing two more worrying issues: the coronavirus epidemic and the risk of destabilising the economy.
In February 2020, 47.7 million people were registered on the French electoral rolls outside New Caledonia, including 1.3 million residing outside France and registered on a consular list (INSEE).
Point-of-view. The former Secretary of State for the Budget notes that the logos of political parties have virtually disappeared from the programmes of candidates for municipal elections. However, political debate is necessary.
The passage in force to get the pension reform bill out of the deadlock in the National Assembly would have disastrous consequences for all LREM candidates for municipal elections.
Exclusive. A preliminary investigation opened at the Metz public prosecutor’s office. The president of the Regional Council, Jean Rottner enters the scene. Catherine Vierling, elected to the Region, tackles it dryly. If it continues, there will be deaths.
Already seven lists in the race for mayor, including three on the right. That of the outgoing mayor, Alain Marty (LR), his former deputy, Jean-Marc Weber (DVD) and Catherine Vierling (LR) regional councillor. It’s going to bleed!
With the fall of Benjamin Griveaux, candidate for mayor of Paris and his sudden replacement by Agnès Buzin, Minister of Health, La République en Marche continues its game of musical chairs.
