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France urges Mahmoud Abbas to hold Palestinian elections sooner
Mahmoud Abbas has postponed Palestinian legislative and presidential elections until September 2027.
France has called on him to organize both elections as soon as possible.
The decision concerns elections for Palestinian representatives and president.
France is asking Abbas to reconsider the delay.
The elections are now scheduled for September 2027.
France’s call is for them to take place sooner, but no new date has been announced.
France urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to organise legislative and presidential elections as soon as possible.
Abbas had postponed both elections until September 2027.
France’s foreign ministry, the Quai d’Orsay, said on Sunday, 11 October, that he should reverse his decision.
The source does not state why Abbas postponed the elections.
- Who
- France’s foreign ministry and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
- What
- France urged Abbas to organise legislative and presidential elections as soon as possible after he postponed them.
- When
- Sunday, 11 October 2026.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- France objected to Abbas’s decision to postpone the elections until September 2027.
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Mahmoud Abbas postponed the legislative and presidential elections until September 2027.
France called on Abbas to organise legislative and presidential elections as soon as possible.
- Palestinian president
- Mahmoud Abbas
- Postponed elections
- Legislative and presidential
- Rescheduled for
- September 2027
- France’s call
- Organise the elections as soon as possible
- Statement date
- 11 October 2026
Sources
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