Two answers for twelve apostrophes. Christophe Prugne, president of the A la Bretonne association, which campaigns for the attachment of Loire-Atlantique to the Brittany region, does not hide his bitterness. The campaign for the reunification of Brittany – and therefore the split with the Pays de la Loire region -, orchestrated in favor of the presidential election, does not take. Not up to his expectations anyway. The association he leads has drawn an open letter to the address of the twelve candidates involved in the race for the Elysée so that each and everyone positions themselves, in the event of victory, on their intention – or not – to orchestrate a consultation on the subject with the voters of Loire-Atlantique, by 2024. The said letter is signed “by more than 200 elected officials of all persuasions, by cultural federations bringing together more than 1,000 associations and by the Product in Brittany network [soit 475 entreprises représentant 110 000 salariés] »argues Mr. Prugne.
The association has taken care of its communication and gathered its activists around the largest Breton flag in the world – a 1,400 m “Gwenn ha Du”2 was deployed in front of the castle of the Dukes of Brittany – or a giant urn transported in front of the Nantes prefecture, thus recalling that 105,000 citizens of Loire-Atlantique signed, in the fall of 2018, a petition demanding the organization of a vote on reunification. The ace. Effort does not pay off. Only the teams of Yannick Jadot and Emmanuel Macron deigned to submit their copy on the subject. The environmental candidate scored points and validated the A la Bretonne program.
“We need a decision-making referendum”
For its part, the team of the candidate Macron, by the voice of the Rennais Olivier Dulucq – a close friend of Richard Ferrand, president of the National Assembly – says to be ready to examine favorably a territorial redistribution, but considers that it is up to the council department of Loire-Atlantique to carry out such a consultation. “To trace the path, you need a local willargues Mr. Dulucq. However, in 2018, the elected officials of this department expressed their opposition to reunification. Imagine the chorus of critics if the president decided to go above the community to carry out this project… It would not be very decentralizing as an approach. »
Arguing about the election fiasco on the Notre-Dame-des-Landes airport project, Michel Ménard, socialist president of Loire-Atlantique, returns the ball to the head of state. The assembly he leads will vote on a new wish, in June, to demand that the Elysée tenant hold a vote on reunification. “We need a decision-making referendum that commits the State”states the entourage of the elected official – the person concerned did not wish to respond directly to the World –without recommending any scope of consultation. “It is the inhabitants of Loire-Atlantique who are the first concerned, so it is up to them to decideasserts Florian Le Teuff, deputy (not listed) in charge of Breton issues at the City of Nantes. Then, if the yes wins, it will be necessary to ensure that the Brittany Region still wants to welcome Loire-Atlantique. »
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