Thomas Dermine, mayor, thanked Paul Magnette after receiving the mayoral sash. “You were a mayor with a strong imprint on Charleroi”he said after a frank hug between the two men. “The urban space has been transformed, and you have led a fight to restore historical errors. Our city has a rich history, which we carry in our hearts. I hope that Charleroi, a zebra city like its jersey says the song, in its diversity continues to ensure democracy, plurality, in these dark hours for world politics.”
But he also emphasized it: “Charleroi obviously shares successes, but also frustrations. Projects that are not progressing, incivility, insecurity, mobility problems… I therefore promise to be a daily mayor, so that Charleroi continues to be and become, not just having been. It’s going to be a great adventure.”
He then knighted his municipal college: Julie Patte, Eric Goffart, Karim Chaïbaï, Babette Jandrain, Mahmut Dogru, Alicia Monard, Maxime Felon, Ayse Aktas and Tanguy Luambua. Philippe Van Cauwenberghe, currently a simple municipal councilor, should be appointed president of the CPAS in the coming days.
The municipal council as a whole then unanimously appointed Nathalie Monforti as president of future council meetings. Here they are gone for six years!
The municipal council
Mayor
Thomas Dermine (PS)
Aldermen
Julie Patte (PS), Eric Goffart (Les Engagés), Karim Chaïbaï (PS), Babette Jandrain (PS), Mahmut Dogru (PS), Alicia Monard (PS), Maxime Felon (PS), Ayse Aktas (PS), Tanguy Luambua (Les Engagés), Philippe Van Cauwenberghe (PS – president of CPAS)
Majority Councilors
Faysal Abarkan (PS), Serge Beghin (PS), Yacine Bouhafa (PS), Sylvie Carallo (PS), Manon Choël (Les Engagés), Françoise Daspremont (PS), Valérie Di Lorenzo (Les Engagés), Cédric Dolore (PS) , Steve Elias (Les Engagés), Mohamed Fekrioui (PS), Latifa Gahouchi (PS), Isabella Greco (PS), Kaya Haci (PS), Philippe Hembise (PS), Clara Huwart (Les Engagés), David Jadoul (PS), Paul Magnette (PS), Rose Manguza Muzinga (PS), Nathalie Monforti (PS ), Elio Paolini (PS), Ozkaya Scucre (PS).
Minority
Ali Atici (PTB), Pauline Boninsegna (PTB), Benjamin Buyle (MR-IC), Olivier Chastel (MR-IC), Roberto D’Amico (PTB), Laetitia Dehan (MR-IC), Fabienne Devilers (MR-IC ), Denis Ducarme (MR-IC), Anthony Dufrane (MR-IC), Audrey François (MR-IC), Jean-Noël Gillard (MR-IC), Thomas Lemaire (PTB), Mathieu Marchal (PTB), Sofie Merckx (PTB), Germain Mugemangango (PTB), Aurélio Piccicutto (MR-IC), Sophie Tillens (PTB), Nicolas Tzanetatos (MR-IC), Kübra Ygitoglu (PTB).
