2023-11-05 20:32:48
He hasn’t won yet, but he’s definitely in the starting blocks. The City Mayors foundation, which had elected Philippe Rio, the first councilor (PCF) of Grigny (Essonne), best mayor in the world in 2021, has just revealed the list of nine finalists for the new edition of its competition which sifts through the work of local elected officials around the world. François Asensi, the mayor (DVG) of Tremblay-en-France, who was selected by the foundation, is now one of the nine finalists.
“I’m not going to be falsely modest, it’s nice, but hey, this competition doesn’t stop me from sleeping either, I don’t attach much importance to it,” reacted this Sunday the first councilor who runs this city of some 36,000 inhabitants for 32 years. The elected official will know in January if he wins this honorary title against Marvin Rees, mayor of Bristol in the United Kingdom, Tony Keats, elected official from Dover in Canada, Elke Kahr from Graz in Austria, Stefan Fassbinder from Greifswald in Germany, Vitaliy Klitschko from Kiev in Ukraine, Francesco Iarrera from Oliveri in Italy, Manuel de Araújo from Quelimane in Mozambique and Sharon Dijksma from Utrecht in the Netherlands.
“I don’t know how they made their selection: there are tens of thousands of cities in the world, probably even more,” François Asensi recently explained to us. I am not applying for any title, especially not this one. I don’t recognize myself as the best mayor in the world, but I’m not going to be choosy. »
Award-winning cooperation between cities
In 2021, Philippe Rio was rewarded because of his municipal management of the Covid-19 pandemic and his “leadership” during this period. This year, the organization has chosen to specifically recognize an elected official for “his remarkable contributions to friendship, partnership and cooperation between cities within the country and abroad”.
As such, François Asensi has many arguments to put forward. “Internationally, Tremblay maintains links with Cuba, Mali and Burkina Faso,” underlines the foundation. These three countries have expressed their interest in installing their teams there during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.”
On the City Mayors website, many residents have posted messages of support for the councilor: “although purely honorary, this distinction would recognize a mayor who has done so much for his city and its residents,” write thus “Daniel and Marie-José”, “François Asensi is an excellent mayor who was able to achieve recognition of the different cultural, social and human components of his city while allowing them to recognize themselves in an inclusive collective project”, further believes “Marc “. From there to becoming the best mayor in the world? Response at the beginning of the year.
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