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France announces 2022 presidential elections in April

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France announces 2022 presidential elections in April

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1st and 2nd round to be held on April 10 and 24, legislative elections on
June 12 and 19 next year

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   Shweta Desai   | 13.07.2021
   France announces 2022 presidential elections in April

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   PARIS

   The 2022 French presidential elections will be held in April, a
   government spokesman confirmed on Tuesday.

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   official announcement in a news conference.

   The legislative elections also conducted every five years will be held
   on June 12 and 19.

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   President Emmanuel Macron ends his five-year term on May 13, 2022, and
   as per the electoral code, the new elections must be held before the
   termination of the mandate.

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   Macron who formed the La Republique en Marche (LREM) party and
   contested the 2017 polls, is yet to make a formal announcement of his
   candidacy for the presidential elections.

   The majority party failed to win any seats in the recently concluded
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   The majority party failed to win any seats in the recently concluded
   regional elections, however, it remains to be seen if Macron’s national
   politics which favors the optics of united France, young leadership and
   endorses a stronger European Union has any takers among the French
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   former Justice Minister Rachida Dati and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo are
   some of the political figures who have announced their candidacy or
   have expressed interest in the elections.

   The 2022 polls are expected to be closely contested amid the social and
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