It didn't take long to come out.
Like a sea serpent since the creation of the Grand-Est region in 2015, the debate on the exit from Alsace resurfaced on the right on Sunday evening.
The departmental and regional elections were barely over when Frédéric Bierry (LR) relaunched him.
The current president of the European Collectivity of Alsace (CEA), reelected in his canton and candidate for his succession, has (re) launched hostilities.
On the set of France 3, he announced "a major consultation of the Alsatian population" on a possible exit from the Grand-Est.
A kind of referendum that could take place… next fall.
Rottner opposed to reopening the debate
“I consider that the perimeter of the Grand-Est removes constraints and makes public action less effective.
While the Alsatian perimeter makes sense, there is a feeling of belonging and this can be a lever for development, ”detailed Frédéric Bierry, calling for“ more skills ”for the CEA.
Response from the president of Grand-Est Jean Rottner, also reelected on Sunday?
"I believe that today it is above all urgent to get down to work and get out of the crisis, rather than fighting on yet another institutional reform", declared the representative Les Républicains.
In what looks like a way to quickly close the debate ...
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