Sylvain Maillard and David Amiel, two Renaissance deputies from Paris, wish to table a bill reforming the PLM law in a few days. “Circumstantial mischief”, judge Emmanuel Grégoire.
Emmanuel Macron had announced his desire to see Paris, Lyon and Marseille, whose municipal elections are governed by the PLM law, “return to common law”, during a televised speech on January 16. Eric Woerth also recommended it in his report on decentralization, made public on May 30. Like the deputy for Oise, Sylvain Maillard and David Amiel, respective deputies for the 1st and 13th constituency of Paris, intend to see two ballot boxes in the polling stations on the day of the municipal elections in the three cities concerned: one for elect the district council, the other to designate the central town hall council.
“We want the rule that a Parisian equals one vote, a Lyonnais equals one vote, a Marseillais equals one vote, to be respected, which is not the case today,” indicates Sylvain Maillard. With his colleague David Amiel, the parliamentarian, president of the Renaissance federation of Paris, intends to submit “in the next few days” a bill to this effect in the National Assembly. “We will then see if we can build a majority in parliament on this issue, in the National Assembly first then in the Senate,” indicates the parliamentarian.
David Amiel and Sylvain Maillard, at the REF, Medef University. © Jgp
“Today, a voter of Anne Hidalgo who resides in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, or a voter of Rachida Dati in the 20th has no interest in going to vote,” continues Sylvain Maillard. Supporters of this reform also argue that it would lead to second rounds taking place in all the districts of the cities concerned, and not only in those where the district mayors were not elected in the first round. round.
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The bill soon to be tabled by the two Renaissance parliamentarians provides for a proportional vote accompanied by a majority bonus of 50% in the districts, reduced to 25% for the Paris council. “District elected officials most often keep their professions, the majorities therefore need more elected officials to run the district town halls, which is less true in Paris,” argues Sylvain Maillard.
The latter also says he is in favor of the central bloc parties (Renaissance, Modem, Horizons) agreeing, for the next municipal elections, on a single candidacy with the Republicans of Paris. “If a natural candidate emerges, so much the better. Otherwise, I hope that the activists of all the parties concerned can vote to nominate this single candidate, specifies Sylvain Maillard. Rachida Dati seems, today, in view of the polls, to be well ahead to embody this unique candidate.”
Emmanuel Grégoire: “From the chaos of circumstances”
Emmanuel Gregory. © Jgp
“We don’t mess around with circumstances according to what we imagine to be our electoral interest,” reacts Emmanuel Grégoire, deputy (New Popular Front) for the 7th constituency and putative candidate for mayor of Paris. “I was opposed to this reform before becoming an MP, I am even more so today. This is a profound distortion of the centuries-old institutional logic of the city of Paris, which, I remind you, has districts created before the French Revolution. I would add that if there is to be a debate, which is not illegitimate, we cannot do this haphazardly in these conditions. I remind you that to this day, there has still not been the slightest contact between Sylvain Maillard’s group and the Paris town hall on this subject. I sincerely think that the country has other emergencies to prioritize.”
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