In a polling station, March 15, 2020 (Illustration) - G. Varela / 20 Minutes

  • Candidates for the second round of municipal elections had to submit their list before Tuesday evening.
  • In the Alpes-Maritimes, alliances to influence the final result in Menton, Théoule-Sur-Mer and Saint-Paul-de-Vence.

For Cannes, Antibes, Grasse or Villeneuve-Loubet, it's already folded. The leavers had no trouble piling up in the first round. For Nice and the 31 other French Riviera municipalities which are still looking for a mayor, the lists were tabled on Tuesday. What alliances could still influence the final result of municipal elections, that of the second round scheduled for June 28?

A duel with a trio in Menton

Eyes first turn to Menton. In the city of lemons, where Jean-Claude Guibal (LR, 45.05%), in office for thirty-one years, distance of 15 points Olivier Bettati (29.52%), the suspense went up a notch. The former first assistant of Christian Estrosi in Nice, member of the CNIP and supported by the RN, announced the rallying of Patrice Novelli.

📰🖊 # Municipales2020 in #Menton: the @ UDI_off immediately suspends Patrice Novelli from his duties and supports Jean-Claude Guibal. pic.twitter.com/YHNTFVeu8m

- UDI (@UDI_off) June 2, 2020

The candidate labeled UDI in the first round, yet not tender with Olivier Bettati at the start of the campaign, is thus ready to make him benefit from a carry-over of his votes from the first round (9.61%). Enough to dismiss the 79-year-old outgoing mayor, also supported by LREM MP Alexandra Valetta-Ardisson? Sufficient in any case to annoy the UDI who decided to suspend Patrice Novelli and to transfer his support to Jean-Claude Guibal to "face the extremes".

Opponents yesterday, associated today with Théoule

At the other end of the department, on the west side, it was at Théoule-sur-Mer that the merger game reserved another surprise for the second round. The adversaries of yesterday are the partners of today. The outgoing Georges Botella (36.35%), closely followed by Emmanuelle Cennamo (36.11%) the evening of the first round, has decided to merge his list with that of Emmanuel Blanc to perhaps secure a second term (15.88%). The penultimate mayor, Daniel Mansanti, who came fourth, threw in the towel.

All against one in Saint-Paul de Vence

The union's strategy could weigh more heavily in Saint-Paul-de-Vence. In the village on a rocky outcrop, the first outgoing assistant Jean-Pierre Camilla, who came out on top in the first round (38.20%), saw his three competitors rise up against him, in the same list. Corinne Paolini (24.25%), Jean-Paul (21.1%) and Christophe Issagarre (16.41%) go hand in hand for the second round.

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