Abstract: International audience; This article examines how France, a model of centralism, responded during the first phase of the Covid-19 crisis between January and October 2020. The theoretical framework of intergovernmental relations is mobilized to reflect on the successes and failures of our administrative-political system in the face of the pandemic. The article is based on a qualitative and quantitative analysis of reports and speeches published by institutional actors during the crisis and shows relations in permanent tension between hyper-centr...
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