France Postpones Regional Council Elections Delayed by 3 Months for an Additional Week
[Asia Economy Reporter Sung Ki-ho] France has decided to postpone the regional (R?gion) and departmental (D?partement) local council elections, which were previously delayed from March to June, by an additional week.
On the 13th (local time), the National Assembly passed the government's proposal to revise the election schedule for the R?gion and D?partement councils with 443 votes in favor, 73 against, and 13 abstentions, and forwarded it to the Senate. Once approved by the Senate, the government will finalize the first round of local elections on June 20 and the second round on June 27 at the Cabinet meeting next week.
France had originally planned to hold the regional and departmental local council elections in March this year but postponed them by three months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Although there were calls in France, still struggling with COVID-19, to delay the election schedule much further, the government decided to postpone it by only one week, placing hope in the vaccine.
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