The Prime Minister announced on May 12, 2020 that municipal councils elected in the first round of municipal elections on March 15 will take office on May 18 and will be able to hold their installation meeting.
In the first round of municipal elections held on 15 March 2020, the election was won in more than 30,000 municipalities. Due to the health crisis, the emergency law of 23 March 2020 to deal with the COVID-19 epidemic provided, inter alia, that municipal and community councilors, elected in the first round, would take office on a date fixed by decree, at the latest in June, following the opinion of the committee of scientists (read more about Vie-publique.fr).
