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Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo speaks during a meeting for the upcoming mayoral elections in Paris Monday, March 2, 2020. France local elections starting March 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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Democracy in times of virus: France maintains elections
March 13, 2020 7:04 a.m.

Democracy in times of virus: France maintains elections

PARIS (AP) — The new virus has shuttered all schools, banished cheek-kissing and upended daily life across France, but President Emmanuel Macron won't let it disrupt democracy, so he's maintaining nationwide elections this weekend.