French Prime Minister Jean Castex will ask for a threemonth delay for upcoming regional elections, normally set for March 2021, due to the spread of the COVID19 pandemic, which has led the country to impose a second national lockdown.
PARIS: French Prime Minister Jean Castex will ask for a three-month delay for upcoming regional elections, normally set for March 2021, due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led the country to impose a second national lockdown.
Castex’s office said on Friday that he would look to push back the elections to June next year.
France has the fourth-highest of confirmed cases in the world, at almost 1,9 million, and the number of people hospitalised for the disease reached a new all-time high of 32,638 on Thursday.
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