2024-12-17 05:00:00
As soon as he took office in the town hall of Pau, François Bayrou proposed, in a sober and sad tone, a minute of silence. This Monday, December 16, the new Prime Minister wants to pay homage to the thousands of victims – according to the latest estimates – of Cyclone Chido in Mayotte. The island offers the spectacle of devastation and chaos. A situation “extremely worrying”estimates Matignon’s tenant.
But it wasn’t the prime minister who spoke that evening. He’s the mayor. Or rather both. Between his duties in rue de Varenne and his mandate at the helm of the Bernese city which he has held since 2014, François Bayrou has decided “don’t choose”, we say to Matignon. It doesn’t matter what the Elysée thinks. To hell with the custom that had forced his predecessors, from Jean Castex to Edouard Philippe, to abandon their town hall to better manage the country’s affairs.
From Pau, that evening, François Bayrou went even further and asked for a rethink of the law on non-cumulative mandates, which since 2014 has prevented a deputy from being mayor, and vice versa. “This debate needs to be restarted,” he said, announcing that he will suggest “to future members of my government so that they maintain their mandate” and “to others [qui n’ont pas de mandat] have a small antenna on the ground ». And the head of the MoDem evoked the memory of Pierre Mauroy, the former prime minister of François Mitterrand, mayor of Lille. “We could hear the grounding in his voice,” he sighs, a little nostalgic.
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