- On arrival, LREM obtained six seats on the Paris Council in 163. And should have an official political group.
- At the head of the list, Agnès Buzyn, who ran in the 17th arrives in third position in the arrondissement with only 13.02% of the vote. She did not obtain a seat on the Paris Council.
- Just a year ago, the capital seemed attainable for the presidential majority party boosted by favorable electoral results and an outgoing mayor in the storm.
Beaten by the waves, LREM sank in Paris. However, the story had started at the Fluctuat Nec Mergitur café in the 11th arrondissement on September 21, 2018. That day, the proud Parisian Walkers present the drafts of their battle plan for the 2020 municipal elections. presence of Benjamin Griveaux, Mounir Mahjoubi, Stanislas Guérini, Pierre Person, Gilles Le Gendre or Julien Bargeton, they unveil before the press their pre-campaign operation entitled "Paris & Me". "" Paris & Me "wants to offer Parisians the opportunity to build the future of our capital and to commit to their city," notes the group. "Today is the first step in a real collective", specifies Paris deputy Pacôme Rupin who adds: "In Paris, there is a strong desire for renewal". The capital, then in the sights, seems attainable for the party of the presidential majority boosted by favorable electoral results and an outgoing mayor in the storm.
Not far from two years later, the boat took to the water, weighed down by dissent and all kinds of leaks. Result: The walkers remain at the gates of Paris. This Sunday evening, during the second municipal election, the list led by the outgoing mayor, Anne Hidalgo (PS) obtained 48.7% of the votes before that of the candidate LR Rachida Dati (33.8%) and that of the LREM candidate, Agnès Buzyn (13.3%). The latter who had replaced Benjamin Griveaux at short notice after the broadcast of intimate videos, also lost in the 17th arrondissement and did not even get a seat on the Paris Council. A collective stampede.
The shipwreck
If Agnès Buzyn, did not manage to obtain enough votes to become councilor of Paris, same sentence for the enemy brother and dissident candidate of LREM for the town hall of Paris, Cédric Villani who confirmed to AFP Sunday evening not having been elected to the Paris Council, and being a simple borough councilor in the 14th district. Also in the 14th arrondissement, Marlène Schiappa, Secretary of State for Gender Equality, support from the very start of Benjamin Griveaux, who was in second position on the LREM list left empty-handed. A list also led by Eric Azière. President of the UDI-MoDem group, he had decided to embark on the LREM campaign and now finds himself with his group outside the Council of Paris, because of his defeat.
As for Gaspard Gantzer, founder of the "citizen" movement, "Parisiennes, Parisiens" and candidate in the 15th then finally in the 6th, on behalf of LREM before becoming head of communications for Agnès Buzyn, he finished third and n 'gets no seat. This Sunday evening, the former Minister of Health "took note" of the defeat. The publication of an official photo, in the Gangs of New York sauce , of Agnès Buzyn welded with his list leaders in the streets of the capital, last February, now seems far away.
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- Guillaume Poitoux (@poitoux_g) February 17, 2020Only consolation prizes: the 9th arrondissement and to a lesser extent the 5th, two arrondissements which were coveted by the left. In the first, the outgoing mayor (LREM, ex-LR), Delphine Bürkli keeps her town hall and becomes the capital's only En Marche district. Even if it seems far from any partisan logic. "Thanks to the inhabitants of Paris 9, I remain more than ever a free and independent woman, determined to transform our district and to carry a strong and singular voice in Paris!" A big thank you to the voters for your support and all your encouragement, ”she said on Twitter, mentioning neither LREM nor Agnès Buzyn. Finally in the 5th, the outgoing mayor Florence Berthout, LREM but ex-LR and having allied with her former political family in the inter-tower, is re-elected. While Anne Hidalgo must be officially elected by the Paris Council this Friday, will there be a group stamped LREM in the future assembly?
Who are "the survivors of this tsunami"?
On arrival, LREM obtained six seats on the Paris Council in 163. We find in this group Florence Berthout (5th), Delphine Bürkli (9th), Alexis Govciyan (9th) Catherine Ibled (15th), Hanna Sebbah (16th), Pierre-Yves Bournazel (18th). Of these six who come from the presidential majority, five are also elected from the MoDem (two on the Agnès Buzyn lists and three on the Rachida Dati lists). What to form an official group of a dozen people on the benches? "There will be a group which will defend the ideas, brought up during this campaign, with a certain vision of Paris", one assures in the ranks of Parisian walkers, solicited by 20 Minutes .
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And to specify: “We will work with humility and determination to be useful to Parisians and to carry the message of those who trust us. The survivors of this tsunami have local legitimacy to bring to life a political sensitivity which is currently in difficulty but may become stronger. "
But many elected officials are already mocking their electoral strategy in Paris. "I think that the LREM photo-novel revealed the artificial aspect of their approach", judged a few days ago Marie Claire Carrère-Gée, president of the LRI group (The Republicans and independents) of the Council of Paris and candidate of Rachida Dati in the 14th place, second. According to Jean-Louis Missika, lieutenant of Anne Hidalgo, also interviewed by 20 Minutes “this campaign illustrated the limits of LREM to anchor locally. It showed their naivety, their arrogance, their clumsiness. ”
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