The former Minister of Labor of François Hollande François Rebsamen claims victory in the second round of the municipal election in Dijon. According to him, its alliance with the Modem wins 66% of the votes. He claims that the candidate of the right, Emmanuel Bichot won 34% of the vote and that the ecologist obtained … Read more
The French are called today to vote for the second round of municipal elections. In the first round only 44.3% had voted against 63.5 in 2014. But this election comes at a very delicate stage in French politics. It is a local vote, which will have more national consequences than usual. The cities to watch … Read more
The plan is not going as planned. Initially, the municipal elections were to allow Emmanuel Macron to anchor his young party on the ground and to win symbolic victories in big cities like Paris or Lyon. On arrival, it is urgent to move on and forget about this ballot about to turn at La Bérézina … Read more
The second round of municipal elections will take place on Sunday June 28 in more than 48,000 municipalities, more than three months after the government’s decision to postpone the poll until the very beginning of the Covid-19 wave in France. – The municipal councils remain to be filled in approximately 15% of the municipalities and … Read more
On rue Sainte-Anne, at the Paris headquarters of La République en Marche, there were few illusions. The municipal councils, which traditionally favor outgoing elected officials, promised to be difficult for the young political party. Arriving most of the time in third or even fourth position in the first round of March 15, the LREM candidates … Read more
“Crisis” of the coronavirus obliges, Edouard Philippe kept Sunday evening his costume of prime minister. And he was careful not to put on his candidate’s cap. Speaking around 8 pm, shortly after the announcement of the results of the first round of the municipal elections, the head of government simply sent a message to his … Read more
They dreamed of breaking a “green wave”, almost a year after their historic result in the European elections … And they are about to honor this ambition. Despite their missed bet in Paris, where they only get 11% of the votes, the candidates of Europe Ecology-The Greens (EELV) come out on top in several big … Read more
The former communications adviser to François Hollande however announced Thursday that he was joining the list of La République en Marche, worn by Agnès Buzyn. Through Pierre Lepelletier –Gaspard Gantzer AFP In politics, there are archives that sometimes come back like a boomerang … Gaspard Gantzer experienced this after his rallying on Thursday to the … Read more