Thursday, May 12, 2011

France sets date for presidential elections, 2012

Paris. .- France held the first round of presidential elections on April 22, 2012 and the second round on May 6, today announced the interior minister, Claude Guéant, at the weekly meeting of the Executive. In the overseas territories of Guadeloupe, Guyana, Saint Pierre-et-Miquelon Saint-Barthélemy, Saint Martin in French Polynesia and the elections will be held on Saturday evening before these dates to take into account the time difference, the government in a statement.

The legislative elections will take place on 10 and 17 June 2012. In addition, the Government moved that the Senate elections to be held on September 25, 2011, elections in which 170 seats will be renewed. The period of sponsorship, which those French citizens who wish to be candidates for the Elysee Palace should get the signatures of 500 elected officials, will begin "no later" in February 2012.

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