Candidate of Bordeaux Standing at the next municipal elections in Bordeaux, Philippe Poutou attends the demonstration against the pension reform on January 29, 2020. - UGO AMEZ / SIPA

“I have just received today the administrative authorization for my dismissal”… It was on twitter during the night of Friday to Saturday that Phillippe Poutou announced that he had been dismissed from his job as a worker at the ex-Ford factory from Blanquefort (Gironde). The former candidate NPA (New Anticapitalist Party) in the presidential elections of 2012 and 2017 and CGT delegate in the company also said he received administrative authorization Friday from his dismissal.

"Unlike Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, if I am elected mayor of Bordeaux, I will not remain a worker at the Ford factory in Blanquefort", quipped the current municipal candidate in Bordeaux, referring to the candidacy of Edouard Philippe at the town hall of Le Havre.

Well, unlike Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, if I am elected mayor of Bordeaux, I will not remain a worker at the Ford factory in Blanquefort (ah shit, I just received today the administrative authorization for my dismissal) .

- Philippe Poutou (@PhilippePoutou) January 31, 2020

If elected on the evening of March 22, Edouard Philippe said he would propose that the current mayor (LR) Jean-Baptiste Gastinne keep the chair. And "the day when my mission will end in Matignon, I wish, if the people of Le Havre obviously trust me, to become mayor again because this is where I want to continue to invest, because I want Le Havre to continue its transformation. That is what is essential, "he observed this Friday in an interview with the daily Paris-Normandy.

Philippe Poutou candidate in Bordeaux

Philippe Poutou, 52, will lead a list in Bordeaux that will associate the NPA with the citizen collective "Bordeaux Debout", supported by La France Insoumise. The candidate launched his “Bordeaux in Struggle” campaign on Friday January 24. Presenting itself as the meeting of "rebellious protesting forces", the list ruled out any agreement with other political parties in the intervening period. The program, which is currently being drawn up, will, for example, offer free transport and requisition vacant accommodation.

As a reminder, the former Ford factory in Blanquefort closed its doors in July 2019, resulting in the dismissal of the 800 employees of the site.

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