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Added on the 14/02/2020 15:06:15 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Cédric Villani, the dissident ex-LREM candidate for mayor of Paris, posts a tweet in reaction to the announcement that Benjamin Griveaux has withdrawn his candidacy for the local elections in March 2020. Griveaux withdrew after the release of a sex video on social media. Villani offered his support, saying the "undignified attack he suffered is a grave threat to our democracy". IMAGES
The Republicans party's candidate, Rachida Dati, votes in Paris for the second round of the municipal elections. Already elected in her arrondissement, Dati voted by proxy in the 11th. IMAGES
Agnès Buzyn, the LREM (La Republique en Marche, Eds.) candidate for mayor of Paris, votes in the second round of municipal elections in the fifth arrondissement of the French capital. Buzyn is reportedly trailing incumbent Anne Hidalgo in the race to become mayor of the French capital. IMAGES
Agnes Buzyn, a mayoral candidate for Paris in Emmanuel Macron's LREM party, votes in a polling station in the 5th district of the French capital. She was slightly delayed because the former Health Minister realised upon her arrival that she had forgotten her identity card. IMAGES
Rachida Dati, a Republican candidate for mayor of Paris, votes in Paris's 7th district, while respecting the health rules designed to curb the spread of the coronavirus. IMAGES
A procession of demonstrators sets off from Place de la Bastille in Paris. The left has called for demonstrations across France to denounce Macron's 'coup de force' following the appointment of LR politician Michel Barnier as Prime Minister. IMAGES