"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. Jeanne Barseghian became, on Saturday, officially the first ecological mayor of Strasbourg, declaring "the state of climatic emergency" for the Alsatian city. Eleven councilors abstained during the vote.
"Our environment is sending us increasingly stronger and more frequent signals and there is no longer any question of looking away. It is time to look at the world as it is and to take strong actions , ambitious and collective, "said the 39-year-old lawyer.
Jeanne Barseghian presented, from this first municipal council, a declaration of "climatic emergency" for Strasbourg, as some cities like Paris or Barcelona have already done. "This declaration marks my ambition in terms of the ecological transition of the territory," she explained.
Moved to tears
Moved to tears at the end of the speech when addressing her family present in the hemicycle of the municipal council, the new mayor of Strasbourg received a standing ovation from all of 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 having accepted 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 chosen to join a majority intergroup, we maintain our unity and our identity there," said Catherine Trautmann, whose list came 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 adding that her group did not want to be a group of 'backup but truly a partner group ".
"We are a collective"
Two members of his group join the municipal executive, one as assistant to "the digital and innovative city" and another as delegated councilor. 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 their corner", she promised.
The EELV candidate obtained 41.71% of the votes in the second round, well 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".