- After a second round, Patrick Ollier obtained 133 votes out of 137 votes cast, but in the absence of many elected members of the right.
- Tuesday, during a primary of the right, he had been dismissed, beaten by the mayor of Haÿ-les-Roses (Hauts-de-Seine) and close to the president of the Ile-de-France region Valérie Pécresse .
- Upon his arrival at the Elysée Palace, Emmanuel Macron had announced in July 2017 his intention to reform this little-known metropolis to raise it to international standards.
General surprise. At the head of Grand Paris since its creation in 2016, Patrick Ollier who had been beaten during a primary, was finally elected this Thursday at the head of the Metropolis of Grand Paris, after the withdrawal of his rival.
“The Metropolis of Greater Paris has won. She returns to the presidency someone who, with her team, did everything to make this metropolis the most useful to the municipalities that make it up. I want to be useful to mayors, ”said Patrick Ollier, 75, after his re-election.
"I was not a candidate in the first round"
After a second round, Patrick Ollier obtained 133 votes out of 137 votes cast, but in the absence of many elected members of the right who had left the room, disputing negotiations between the relatives of Anne Hidalgo, the outgoing president and centrists of the UDI.
"I was not a candidate in the first round because I respected the rules of my party which had not retained me," said Patrick Ollier, mayor of Rueil-Malmaison (Hauts-de-Seine) since 16 years.
Tuesday, during a primary of the right, he had been dismissed, beaten by the mayor of Haÿ-les-Roses (Hauts-de-Seine) and close to the president of the Ile-de-France region Valérie Pécresse (ex-LR, Libres!), fierce opponent of the MGP, Vincent Jeanbrun.
There was "a risk of exploding our work together" and "I am a Republican, I know how to work with socialist, environmentalist, communist groups and with my friends at the UDI", argued Patrick Ollier.
"It is not democracy but nepotism"
"For years, Valérie Pécresse has been trying to dynamite this metropolis from the inside as well as from the outside," said Anne Hidalgo, who was comforted after the re-election of Patrick Ollier, reminded her rival that "MGP does not cannot be hostage to the start of a regional campaign. ”
"It is not democracy but nepotism," denounced the unsuccessful candidate, Vincent Jeanbrun, after leaving the assembly. "We have the Grand Duchess of the metropolis, who is called Madame Hidalgo, and who has given, as in the nobility of the great era, posts, armchairs and delegations," he said.
Greater Paris brings together the capital and 130 municipalities of Ile-de-France, for more than seven million inhabitants, but its very existence and its perimeter are disputed.
Upon his arrival at the Elysée Palace, Emmanuel Macron had announced in July 2017 his intention to reform this little-known metropolis to raise it to international standards. He intended to simplify the structures in order to avoid duplication with other levels of community (municipalities, departments, IDF regions), but the project got bogged down.
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- Anne Hidalgo
- Valérie Pécresse
- Greater Paris
- Metropolises
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