This month of January 2025 marks the launch of municipal elections in Nîmes. According to our information, Valérie Rouverand, the president of Renaissance dans le Gard, will announce her candidacy later at 4 p.m. at the Hôtel Boudon in the heart of the city, with the aim of seizing the town hall of Nîmes in a year. During a press conference, she will present her wishes to journalists before revealing her ambitions for the capital of Gard. Around her, several personalities will be there. From the presidential party, but not only, we are told. Surprises are expected. François Lalanne, the former secretary general of the Gard prefecture, could be one of them. And others too who were until then in the adventure of Yvan Lachaud, the now Horizons referent in the Gard. Buoyed by the support of Gabriel Attal himself, the boss of the Macronist movement, Nîmese is therefore paving its way. Against all odds. We cannot say that those close to Emmanuel Macron are today best placed for victory. What does it matter for Valérie Rouverand. She is convinced that the conquest of power is possible on her name alone. The latest departmental, European or legislative elections would have given him some reasons for hope. For a local election, it is mainly relying on its ability to mobilize voters on the ground. She assures us: it will not be a testimonial candidacy, but a real alternative to the Fournier legacy or the return of the communists. In reality, the former Education Assistant is more clever than some people believe. With her announcement on January 15, she is significantly ahead of all the other candidates. One in particular, Julien Plantier, the first deputy mayor of Nîmes who was due to come out of the woods in the coming days. Will he ultimately back down to secure more media attention? One thing is certain: the two outsiders are right to get started as soon as possible. Both to gain notoriety, to occupy the media ground before finally negotiating at best in the home stretch with the one everyone is talking about in Nîmes: Franck Proust, the president of Nîmes métropole. But do Julien Plantier and Valérie Rouverand have enough confidence in the strong man of the Colisée? Do they really share the same objectives and the same desires for Nîmes? The unveiling of the program and the method, for each of the candidates, should enlighten us…
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