During his lifetime
Well, it's not the Champs-Élysées, but still. Alain Rousset, president of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region, now has his alley planted in front of the brand new building of the electronic card manufacturer Fedd, in Sainte-Alvère, 774 souls. And it’s in Dordogne. Here, we know how to pay tribute to the man during his lifetime… Make Politics Great Again. Here, it is “the factory of the future in the countryside”, described by Philippe Ducène, mayor of Val-de-Louyre-et-Caudeau, during the inauguration, Thursday January 23, of the new building, co-financed by the Region and the Agglomeration. In the industrialist's basket: 8.2 million euros, including 4 million without compensation from the Region. Economical flagship that does not skimp on the symbol to express its recognition. Limit bean.
The fall
Friday January 17, the Sarlat firefighters presented their wishes. During the official speeches, local elected officials spoke. For the City of Sarlat, it was Fabienne Lagoubie, the current first deputy of Jean-Jacques de Peretti, who made a speech, the mayor being absent. Then, it was the turn of Germinal Peiro, the president of the Department and Sdis 24. When he spoke, he thanked the Sarladan elected official by talking about the mayor before correcting himself. Simple slip of the tongue or disguised support for the one to whom we attribute ambitions for the next municipal elections in 2026?
Ennui
During this same ceremony, the speeches followed one another. And sometimes it was long, very long. To the point of making a mayor of the sector say: “We understand better why we call it Sainte-Barbe. » Indeed, seen like that…
Door open on the left?
What if Brantôme fell to the left? It's an open secret: Monique Ratinaud, the mayor of Venice of Périgord, should not run for a fourth term. Among his deputies, there is no rush either. What will do the business of Frédéric Vilhès, the elected PS opposition and declared candidate? In any case, the latter has been very active on social networks lately, in particular to shoot down municipal projects, such as the new town hall, for example, a divisive subject if ever there was one. If he were to be elected, it would be the first time since the left-wing radical Alain-Paul Bonnet, that is to say a quarter of a century, that the town has been turned upside down.
With “almosts”
The 75 votes which prevented Christelle Druillole from accessing the seat of deputy for the 3rd constituency of Dordogne remained in the throat of the first federal secretary of the Socialist Party, Émeric Lavitola. Saturday January 19, during the PS's greetings, he took stock of the past year: if he welcomed the results in the European elections, he expressed his disappointment regarding the legislative elections in the department. “My disappointment is that we were not able to recover this circo 3, with 75 votes, we were almost there, we missed a little. » With almosts and ifs, we would put Paris in a bottle and the PS candidate in the Hemicycle.
Hidden wishes
Corinne Mothes, the director of the Périgueux hospital center, presented her wishes on Thursday in the staff cafeteria. Due to the flu epidemic, masks were required for all participants. And at the end, no glass of friendship, no king cakes or peanuts. “I’m sorry,” said Corinne Mothes after the speeches. But the heart is there! We have nothing to eat and we are masked, but we can talk. » Bursts of laughter in the room, where elected officials and partners of the establishment rubbed shoulders with staff. In Périgord, chatting without toasting and snacking is sad.
-Shepherd's response
Jacques Auzou, president of Grand Périgueux, could not help but, Thursday January 23, scratch the State, “big absentee”, during the inauguration of the extension of the Fedd, manufacturer of electronic cards . It must be said that the economic flagship of Sainte-Alvère benefited from 8.2 million euros in financial support provided by the Region and the Agglomeration. The response did not take long. Nicolas Dufaud, secretary general of the prefecture, invited by the industrialist, spoke of state aid which benefits the company, through the development of training for the electronics sector, assistance with robotization or even on the Defense grounds. The response of the shepherd to the shepherdess, we will be careful not to know who is who.
Maga
“Make Périgueux Great Again”: this is the slogan displayed by the former right-wing mayor of Périgueux, Antoine Audi, on his Facebook page. The reference to Donald Trump's motto, “Make America Great Again”, or Maga, is clear. But the new president of the United States being divisive to say the least, the former councilor made a point of clarifying, on Ici Périgord, that he “did not need to be inspired” by the tenant of the White House, but that the slogan translated “a power, a force”. Regardless of its gloss, the PS jumped at the opportunity to “worry” about a “current of ideas taken up by the Périgord right”. Cautiously, Antoine Audi tinkered with his publication in “Make Périgueux Smart Again”. Which undeniably proves that he is nothing like Donald Trump: the latter would never have backed down in the face of the left.
My fault
In an interview given to the “Independent Democrat”, the RN deputy for Bergeracois, Serge Muller, made a curious confession. Asked why he voted against a tax on advertising for harmful foods, or against increasing the progressiveness of income tax, he remained silent. Then he explained: “I vote what is asked of me with my little finger on the seam”, in other words by blindly following the party's instructions, even if they are in complete contradiction with its convictions. But be careful, now he will “be careful” he swears. “I will look more at what I vote for, because it actually has an impact” This is even the basics of the mandate of a deputy, which is not limited to having a photo taken on Facebook during inaugurations.
War and peace
Interviewed by “Sud Ouest”, the president of the Agglo de Bergerac Frédéric Delmarès repeated it several times: “It is not war with Jonathan Prioleaud, they are adversaries but work together. » Nevertheless, if the slaughterhouse remains municipal, it is because of the mayor of Bergerac, if the associations pay to enter the event center, it is because the Bergerac councilor will not have supported them and then there are “glaring” delays in installing the trash cans, it’s also his fault. Seen like that, we cannot say, either, that it is completely peace.
Barrage au RN
In the overheated room of the Vauclaire hospital in Montpon-Ménestérol, the temperature dropped suddenly when the National Rally MP, Nadine Lechon, wanted to speak last during the greeting ceremony. Jean-Paul Lotterie, the president of the establishment's supervisory board and former mayor of the town, did everything to prevent the elected official from grabbing the microphone. At the start of the scandal, she tried to take him back, arguing that she had been invited and did not wish to get involved in politics. She then, out loud, wished the staff a happy new year. “It’s not customary,” Jean-Paul Lotterie justified himself, blocking his body to cut off his access to the microphone, in a physical application of the barrier to the RN.
