an unprecedented union on the left needs to dethrone Patrick de Carolis | EUROtoday
Patrick de Carolis is “extremely serene”. In his workplace at Arles city corridor, the previous president of France Télévisions, mayor (Horizons) since 2020 of the third commune of Bouches-du-Rhône, 52,000 inhabitants, shows his confidence because the municipal elections method. “I am very proud of my record, but I am a candidate for re-election because I have not finished everything”assures the one who inaugurated his marketing campaign premises on Saturday December 13, in entrance of some hundred supporters.
On this event, silhouette strapped in his mandarin collar overcoat, Patrick de Carolis listed the achievements that he credit to his first mandate: a debt lowered from 108 million to 85 million euros, a municipal police power elevated from 12 to 65 brokers, 300 extra college students welcomed into town, and even 86 million euros in structural investments – “i.e. 17% more than the previous term”he emphasizes. At 72, the previous presenter, whose presence stays intact, doesn’t really feel too previous for a brand new lease. “At that age, people are prime minister”he sweeps away.
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