Nicolas Florian, mayor of Bordeaux and municipal candidate - Mickaël Bosredon / 20 Minutes

  • Nicolas Florian defended himself with Mediapart in clarification that he asserted his rights, while he was the financial assistant to Alain Juppé.
  • His entourage on the release of this confidential information a few days before the election.
  • Two of his opponents deny being behind these leaks.

The municipal campaign in Bordeaux had been calm. Very calm. Until the last few days, when she is agitated around the favorite, the outgoing mayor Nicolas Florian (LR).

This is in particular an article on the Mediapart site which set fire to the powder on Wednesday. The site says that Nicolas Florian has accumulated compensation of elected officials of more than 76,000 euros in 2015, for three terms, including 30,563 euros for that of finance assistant at the town hall of Bordeaux, with unemployment benefits between May 2014 and April 2016, following his duties as communications officer for the property developer Girondin Pichet, from 2008 to 2013.

"I asserted my rights" defends Florian

There is nothing illegal in this, and Nicolas Florian was not the only elected official to combine elected officials' benefits with unemployment benefits. Contacted by 20 Minutes , he did not wish to react, but explained to Mediapart: “I contributed during several years of paid employment and I therefore asserted my rights. Return to work assistance allowances are subject to job search obligations to which I have responded without reservation. "

And the current mayor of Bordeaux to wonder about the "leaks" of this information a few days before the first round, targeting more or less the entourage of two of his opponents, Pierre Hurmic (EELV) and Thomas Cazenave (LREM) . His entourage confirmed at 20 minutes his "questions" about these confidential "timely" disclosures a few days before the election ...

Hurmic and Cazenave deny being the source of the leaks

They were quick to react. In a press release, the Bordeaux Respire staff, Pierre Hurmic's list, formally denies "being at the origin of the leak on confidential data relating to unemployment benefits that Nicolas Florian received from Pôle emploi while he received compensation from elected officials. "

The same goes for Thomas Cazenave. In a press release, its Renouveau Bordeaux movement ensures that "no running mate is involved in the disclosure of Pôle emploi information", and that "any contrary innuendo will be considered defamatory".

Press release from @T_Cazenave. #Bordeaux # Municipales2020 pic.twitter.com/64TCAsbHWj

- Renewal Bordeaux with Thomas Cazenave (@RenouveauBdx) March 12, 2020

The LREM camp is also surprised that Nicolas Florian does not recognize "no error" in this affair.

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  • Bordeaux
  • Elections
  • Nicolas Florian
  • Municipal
  • Aquitaine
  • Thomas Cazenave