The comedian Jean-Marie Bigard will appear on the list of Marcel Campion forain for the municipal elections in Paris, said the latter Thursday to AFP, confirming press information.
"Nothing to do with politics"
The comedian will be the deputy head of the list in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, the writer Sylvie Bourgeois. The fairground Marcel Campion, who announced in October 2018 his candidacy for the municipal elections in Paris in March 2020, must present Thursday in the late afternoon its 17 top of the list, during a "festive meeting", with entertainment, parade circus and cotton candy, Place de la République in Paris. His list heads are "only from civil society, there is no politics, there are entrepreneurs, artisans, writers," he told the daily 20 Minutes.
The friends
I joined Marcel Campion's support committee because we have one thing in common: like fairgrounders, my only goal is to entertain the people. That's all. Nothing to do with politics.
I leave you, I'll take a nap and scratch my balls in front of the TV
Jean-Marie Bigard said Thursday on Twitter that he joined "the support committee of Marcel Campion because we have one thing in common: like fairgrounders, my only goal is to entertain the people. politics". A fierce opponent of Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo, Marcel Campion, launched a movement called "Libres Paris". According to the first polls, he is credited with 1% of the votes of Paris voters.
For months, the war is open between the "king of fairground" and the mayor of Paris, who decided in 2017 to withdraw permission to install a Christmas market on the Champs-Elysees. The city council criticized him for not selling handicrafts from the region, but from China, and at an excessive price. Marcel Campion is the subject of a complaint by the Court of Accounts, after remarks considered insulting and defamatory against the financial institution.
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The Court noted in a report of 2017 significant "irregularities" in the award of contracts to the contractor, including that of the large wheel installed Place de la Concorde. He is also the subject of another complaint, made by Anne Hidalgo and his housing assistant Ian Brossat (PCF), who were also targeted by remarks deemed offensive.