Municipal. The second round of municipal elections will be held this Sunday in almost 5 000 municipalities, with two major issues : the stimulus of participation in spite of the health crisis continues, and several large cities that can toggle under the thrust of the Green. More than 157 000 candidates, and $ 16.5 million voters are affected by this ballot outside the norms, more than three months after the report in extremis of the vote, initially planned for 22 march, because of Covid-19. A second round under the protection of the health reinforced, with mask-wearing compulsory in the polls, hydroalcoholic gel to give priority to vulnerable persons to vote.
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On white . A white march is being organized this Sunday in Epinay-sur-Seine (Seine-saint-Denis), in homage to Aman, 16 years, shot and killed on the 6 of June, on a background of rivalry between neighbourhoods. Two young adults have been indicted and imprisoned, suspected of having shot and killed the teenager in the quartier d'orgemont, where he had gone to visit his cousin.
Barbarin. The cardinal Philippe Barbarin, archbishop emeritus of the diocese of Lyon, will celebrate Sunday morning mass "goodbye" , which was broadcast live on the YouTube channel of the diocese. The prelate 69-year-old was sentenced at a retentisssant trial in 2019, for his silence on the actions of a former priest of his diocese, Bernard Preynat, himself convicted for sexual assaults on minors. It will go to the diocese of Rennes as aûmonier of the mother house of the Little Sisters of the poor in Saint-Pern.
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Hong Kong. Sunday will be held a session of the standing Committee of the chinese Parliament, which could approve the new controversial law on national security to Hong Kong.
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