Low Turnout Expected As France Votes In Local Polls
Voters wearing face masks wait prior to casting their ballot during the second round of the mayoral elections on June 28, 2020, at a polling station in Le Havre, northern France, amid the crisis linked with the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP.French people went to the polls wearing face masks Sunday in the final round of municipal elections expected to yield a rebuke for President Emmanuel Macron’s party.
A new date was set after the government’s scientific council said it was possible to hold another round safely, but voters are required to wear face masks and were urged to bring their own pens. The party made lacklustre showings in March — notably in Paris where Macron’s candidate, former health minister Agnes Buzyn, came third.“The problem is that the LREM is a new party that has no local roots and is struggling to impose itself as a force,” analyst Jean Garrigues of the University of Orleans told AFP.
Despite an abysmal performance in the last presidential elections, France’s Socialists are expected Sunday to keep key regional centres, including Paris, where three women are vying for the top job.
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