the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, one other challenge within the poll | EUROtoday

Is the way forward for the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis (AMP) at stake on the Stade-Vélodrome? Not completely. But, on the sidelines of the Olympique de Marseille matches, the containers of the presidential stand are a preferred place for mayors and elected officers of the completely different municipalities within the area to debate this important challenge which looms behind the municipal elections. Who, on the finish of the polls on the finish of March, will take management of this public intermunicipal cooperation institution (EPCI) which brings collectively 92 municipalities, almost 2 million inhabitants and manages an annual finances of 5 billion euros? Who will deliver collectively the required majority among the many 238 metropolitan councilors elected by oblique suffrage on the municipal lists?

In 2020, the Marseille Spring, shock winner in its metropolis, noticed the presidency of AMP slip below its nostril. And, with it, the potential for making use of its program within the areas of transport, cleanliness or roads… So many abilities held, amongst others, by a metropolis created in 2016.

Defeated within the municipal elections in Marseille, Martine Vassal, then a member of the Les Républicains (LR) celebration, managed to retain the seat she had held for 2 years. A political tour de power obtained towards the promise to determine a “metropolis of mayors”that’s to say, fast to finance the requests of the municipalities and to provide them a free hand. In this vote, the assist of Aix-en-Provence and its then mayor, Maryse Joissains (LR), was important, as was that of a number of left-wing elected officers, motivated by future funding.

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