Illustrative image of the National Assembly. – THOMAS COEX / AFP
A debate on the maintenance of regional and departmental elections in June, despite the Covid-19 epidemic, should take place on April 13 in front of the National Assembly and on April 14 in front of the Senate, we learned from sources on Tuesday. parliamentarians.
Following the recommendations of the Scientific Council, the government confirmed last week that it favored “at this stage” the maintenance of these polls on June 13 and 20, dates on which it asked the parties for their opinion before Thursday evening, ahead of these debates.
Supportive parties
The new restrictive measures to fight against the epidemic announced last Wednesday by Emmanuel Macron and those “relating to the acceleration of vaccination should have the effect of improving the health situation by the end of June,” said argue the government. At this stage, almost all political parties have said they are in favor of maintaining the polls, especially since they have already been postponed from March to June due to the health crisis.
The date of April 13 for a declaration by the government before the Assembly in application of article 50-1 of the Constitution, followed by a debate, was given by the Minister of Relations with Parliament Marc Fesneau at a conference of presidents of the Assembly. It was not specified whether there would be a vote or not.