the outgoing mayor dealing with two long-standing adversaries | EUROtoday

Friday January 9, the mayor of La Rochelle, Thibaut Guiraud, introduced his candidacy for the municipal elections in March. The finish of a false suspense, because it was clear that the resignation of Jean-François Fountaine (numerous left), on June 6, 2025, on the age of 73 and after eleven years on the head of the town, had no different function than to launch his designated successor. Even if the deputy mayor answerable for funds, aged 45, who claims to be middle left, was elected with a single vote prematurely by the municipal majority, in opposition to the second deputy Christophe Bertaud, a former socialist at present at Place publique.

Seven months won’t have been too lengthy to fill a notoriety hole in comparison with two of his opponents already within the operating, who’ve identified one another for a very long time. Backtracking. December 2001, Maxime Bono, socialist deputy mayor of La Rochelle for the reason that dying of Michel Crépeau (1930-1999) throughout his mandate, presents the group with which he’ll lead the municipal marketing campaign. At his aspect, two new faces, these of Maryline Simoné and Olivier Falorni, each members of the rose occasion, then omnipotent within the metropolis which hosts its summer time college every year.

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