Georges-Louis Bouchez: ‘the blue wave took place, contrary to what the president of the PS said’

It’s all over in Mons, you won’t go to power?“, asks Thomas Gadisseux to Georges-Louis Bouchez, candidate for mayor of the fourth city in Wallonia in terms of number of inhabitants while the PS comes first with 22 seats 44.6% in municipal elections this Sunday. The president of the MR responds clearly: “For the moment, there is no majority since [le Mouvement Réformateur, MR] still achieved something fundamental: we broke the socialist absolute majority after 25 years […]. This means that today, when we look at the map in Mons, responsibility should still lead to the two blocs governing together. Because we can clearly see that the other political groups are really reduced to very small committeess.“

Yet the candidate who came out on top, Nicolas Martin (PS) announced on this channel that he would not govern with the MR list, which came second, probably turning to Ecolo or Les Engagés to form a majority. To which the president of the MR responds that he “his sI wish you had the courage to have a majority in a seat for six years, you also have to know how to put your ego aside for the interest of the city“, before announcing: “If an agreement is reached with us, which would allow us to have great stability, I undertake not to be in the college if it ever helps to relax certain, certain relationships.“

Beyond Mons, has the MR lost its bet? “LThe blue wave took place, contrary to what the president of the PS said. Today we confirmed our June scores. The Socialist Party has also become third party at the Walloon level. the bet was not necessarily won in Mons, it was to obtain another large city”, answers Georges-Louis Bouchez. He takes the example of Tournai where Marie-Christine Marghem came first :”Tournai made it possible to achieve this objective with the fact that Marie-Christine Marghem will become the mayor.“