Thursday February 12, Serge Grouard scans the meeting that he has dominated for nearly 1 / 4 of a century, sunk in his vibrant purple armchair, microphone turned off. At the opening of this last municipal council of the mandate in Orléans, the mayor (numerous proper) gave the ground to considered one of his trustworthy, Florent Montillot, his first deputy delegated to the “public tranquility”.
Behind him, the figures seem on the large display screen, drawing up a listing that appears like a stability sheet. The curves are flattering for the capital of Loiret, in line with which native delinquency has fallen by 80% in twenty-five years. The timetable just isn’t insignificant, virtually a month earlier than the primary spherical, scheduled for March 15, with a view to addressing the theme of safety, the central axis of the marketing campaign. Even if it means tensing up the opposition, the wind is rising to denounce a lacunous and truncated presentation.
“I remorse that we try to insidiously instil this little suspicion or this doubt. It’s at all times the identical technique, sorry to say it, of a part of the left: it seems that the figures are good and that the boldness [en les forces de sécurité] is there. » Serge Grouard, 66 years previous, elected mayor constantly since 2001, deputy (ex-Les Républicains, LR) for Loiret between 2002 and 2017, appears to relish as a lot as he masters the artwork of small sentences.
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