a political panorama in reorganization in a traditionally left-leaning metropolis | EUROtoday

The room is full. On the stage, Valérie Rueda, socialist candidate for mayor of Aurillac, lets her emotion shine via in entrance of the 450 individuals who got here to the launch of her marketing campaign on the conference middle of the Cantal prefecture, Wednesday January 28. “Thank you very a lot for being so quite a few. I’m going to catch my breath. I get pleasure from it! “, she rejoices. A quick speech follows, recalling his attachment “with humanist values” and to “a policy that unites rather than divides”before the presentation of his running mates.

Among them, one “distinguished guest”who is none other than Pierre Mathonier, socialist mayor of the city since 2013, who chose to hand over to his assistant for community life but appears in fourth position on his list. The situation is unprecedented for the people of Aurillac: it is the first time since 1977 that the outgoing mayor has not run for re-election. And all the declared candidates, four currently, are new faces.

Enough to reshuffle the cards in this historically left-leaning city where the right is progressing. If Pierre Mathonier won the elections in the first round in 2014, in 2020, 408 votes separated his list, uniting the MoDem and the left-wing parties (excluding La France insoumise, LFI), from that of the right led by Jean-Antoine Minus (Les Républicains, LR). The left, however, largely won in the second round, with 59.2% of the votes.

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