This time, it's official: Jeanne Barseghian became the first ecological mayor of Strasbourg at the end of the day, which she wants to make "the European capital of ecological, social and democratic transition". "I will carry inseparably the answer to the three major challenges before us: the ecological challenge, the social challenge and the democratic challenge," said the new mayor, after having obtained 53 favorable votes. Eleven councilors abstained.
“Our environment is sending us increasingly stronger and more frequent signals and there is no longer any question of looking away. It's time to look at the world as it is and take strong, ambitious and collective actions, ”said the 39-year-old lawyer.
The state of climate emergency
Jeanne Barseghian presented, from this first municipal council, a declaration of “climate emergency” for Strasbourg, as some cities like Paris or Barcelona have already done, and as the new ecological mayor of Bordeaux also intends to do. , Pierre Hurmic.
The new mayor of Strasbourg, who succeeds socialist Roland Ries, mayor for fifteen years, signed the text with applause. "This urgency is there, let's take it head-to-head in all of our public policies," she explained, adding that this declaration should make it possible to "get to work on Monday while always having in head this priority. "
A standing ovation
Moved to tears at the end of the speech while addressing her family present in the hemicycle of the municipal council, the new mayor of Strasbourg received a standing ovation from all the municipal councilors, including from the opposition. The new municipal majority of Jeanne Barseghian, which counts 47 seats out of 65, will be joined by the group of seven advisers of its former competitor, the socialist Catherine Trautmann, as announced earlier today the two women, who n 'had failed to ally between the two rounds.
"I thank her for agreeing that we can resume dialogue together on new bases," said Jeanne Barseghian at a press conference on Saturday morning, referring to a "willingness to work together for collegial governance." of the majority ”. "We have made the choice to enter a majority intergroup, we maintain our unity and our identity there," said Catherine Trautmann, whose list arrived third on June 28.
"From the moment we have a certain number of convergences, we must opt for the chance that can represent a work in common", she added, while specifying that her group did not want to be a group of 'backup but truly a partner group'. Two members of his list join the municipal executive, one as assistant to "the digital and innovative city" and another as a delegated councilor.
"Avoid everyone working in their corner"
Jeanne Barseghian, who surrounded herself with nineteen deputies, refused the term "tandem" at the head of Strasbourg. "We are a collective, we will work in collegiality" with an effort put on "transversality to avoid that everyone works in his corner", she promised.
The EELV candidate obtained 41.71% of the votes in the second round, far ahead of the LREM candidate, Alain Fontanel, who had formed an alliance between two rounds with LR and obtained 34.96% of the votes. Arriving third as in the first round, Catherine Trautmann obtained 23.33%. Both the mayor and his two opponents in the second round spoke of the unprecedented abstention recorded during this election, which calls for "humility".
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