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Mayor François Rebsamen for a second round in June

The outgoing mayor of Dijon, François Rebsamen, who came first in the first round of the municipal elections, is one of 36 local elected officials and mayors co-signatories ofa column in the weekly newspaper JDD. They are asking that the second of the municipal elections take place in June. In the Côte-d’Or department, these are 143 municipalities awaiting this second round.

Among the signatories of this text: Anne Hidalgo the mayor of Paris, Christian Estrosi the mayor of Nice, as well as David Marti, Mayor of Le Creusot in Saône-et-Loire. “Let’s not transform sanitary confinement into democratic confinement, “ they say while lgovernment to decide on this issue on Saturday, May 23.

143 municipalities in Côte-d’Or awaiting a second round

In 555 municipalities of Côte-d’Or, municipal councilors can take office this Monday, May 18 and elect their new mayor in the process. These are the municipalities where the municipal council was elected on March 15.

For the 143 municipalities remaining in the department, no meeting scheduled for the coming days since it is necessary to organize a second round. “This is essential for the functioning of the municipality, in order to move forward on the maintenance and construction of infrastructure on the municipal area, where all the steps are stopped,“explains Ludovic Rochette, President of the Association of Mayors of the Côte d’Or.

In France, on March 15 during the first round of municipal elections, more than 30,000 municipalities elected their entire municipal councils.

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