These ministers who’re already planning on the municipal elections of 2026 | EUROtoday

The deadline is much away, and it’s time for the Europeans. But many ministers are already occupied with the municipal elections of 2026. And maybe even so far as Matignon. Recently, Renaissance senator from Côte-d'or François Patriat suggested the brand new prime minister, Gabriel Attal, to contemplate a candidacy in Paris. “And there you are preparing for 2032”, he urged. His response ? ” He smiled “says the senator.

Perhaps, on the very least, Mr. Attal can be a candidate in Vanves (Hauts-de-Seine), as in 2020. That yr, 9 members of Edouard Philippe's authorities (together with him) had been launched, and 7 had been elected. Today, in Gabriel Attal's group, nineteen have already tried their luck throughout earlier municipal elections. Many of them will most likely be candidates in two years. The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin (in Tourcoing, North), but in addition Marc Fesneau (agriculture, in Marchenoir, Indre-et-Loir), Rachida Dati (tradition, in Paris), Christophe Béchu (ecological transition, in Angers ) or Dominique Faure (native authorities, in Saint-Orens-de-Gameville, Haute-Garonne)…

Torn since 2017 by the nagging obsession to ascertain itself domestically to make sure the survival of Macronism, the supporters of Emmanuel Macron – who will be unable to run once more in 2027 – know that the stakes are essential. “We must succeed in local implementation, are we admitted to the office of the Secretary of State for the city and citizenship, Sabrina Agresti-Roubache. Because there will be a post-Macron. And it will take local elected officials. However, we have not succeeded in doing so until now. »

“More visibility at the national and local levels”

Like M^me Agresti-Roubache, who has his sights set on Marseille, the appointment to the federal government of a number of personalities who covet metropolises isn’t insignificant. They can hope for elevated notoriety and credibility to consolidate their candidacy. Sabrina Agresti-Roubache “think about itrecognizes one of his advisors, but the decision has not been finalized. It would have real legitimacy. There is a very strong will from the President of the Republic. » His presence in government is seen as ” an advantage “because “this gives more visibility at the national and local levelscontinues the same interlocutor. Especially since she was entrusted with leading the Marseille plan on a large scale. »

This can also be the case of Sarah El Haïry, Minister Delegate for Children, Youth and Families, in Nantes; but in addition Thomas Cazenave, answerable for public accounts, in Bordeaux. Winning massive cities, a few of which had been misplaced in 2020 (like Lyon or Strasbourg), means making certain strongholds for Macronism, and this is able to make it doable to mitigate failures elsewhere, a symptom of the difficulties in establishing Renaissance in territories which are nonetheless properly held by the “old parties”.

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