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VSLaude Cohen is exhausted. The mayor of Mions (Rhône), a city of 15,000 inhabitants, desires to resign, his features being undermined by “administrative heaviness”, the dearth of economic help from the metropolis of Lyon and due to the anti-Semitic remarks of which he’s commonly the goal because the begin of his mandate.
The 75-year-old elected official introduced the information on Facebook, indicating that he had despatched his resignation letter on April 17. A choice which is available in specific after a free enchantment, filed by the town following a penalty for shortcomings in social housing, was rejected final March.
“It’s the combination of several things,” he underlined this Sunday. The city of Mions, situated south-east of Lyon and which has round 15,000 inhabitants, is likely one of the seven municipalities for which the Rhône prefecture has taken again management of social housing, after having famous deficiencies on this space.
This additionally means a rise on the annual monetary levy to which any deficit municipality is topic. Claude Cohen says he’s “revolted” by this challenge and would have preferred extra understanding from the authorities relating to the “lack of land”.
” I'm tired “
Another level, even when “this is not the main thing”, he additionally mentions the anti-Semitic remarks which he studies having been the goal of throughout his mandate. He was elected for the primary time in 2012, then re-elected in 2020. “It’s systematic, I am entitled to all the anti-Semitic comments, which are sometimes inconsistent: depending on what is happening in Israel , I am forgotten or attacked,” he says.
READ ALSO Anti-Semitism: return to the Middle Ages “I’m tired, I’ve taken so many that I’ve gotten used to it,” he confides. He stated he had filed complaints which went unanswered. Claude Cohen specifies that he has “prepared the next generation” for his succession. He will proceed to serve on the municipal council and the metropolitan council.
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