François Bayrou formalizes his candidacy for a 3rd time period in Pau | EUROtoday

The former prime minister – who resigned after dropping the vote of confidence from the deputies that he had requested on September 8 – and outgoing mayor of Pau, François Bayrou (MoDem), formalized, on Sunday January 18, his candidacy for a 3rd time period on the head of the Béarnaise metropolis, coveted by the left.

“When you have proven for 12 years that you fully respect, and well beyond, the commitments you have made, then that means that you will respect the commitments you make”he mentioned throughout a press convention, dwelling at size on his outcomes and particularly his “successes” by way of safety.

The 74-year-old metropolis councilor, boss of MoDem, additionally listed a couple of factors from his program, wishing to encourage “habitats shared between generations”make life simpler for “single moms” or create a “evening school for everyone”.

The elected official, whose time at Matignon was marred by the huge scandal of bodily and sexual violence on the Notre-Dame de Bétharram college-high faculty (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), must depend on six adversaries declared within the municipal elections on March 15 and 22. Among them, Jérôme Marbot (PS) for the union of the left (with out La France insoumise), whom he had already confronted and overwhelmed within the second spherical in 2020.