À Bordeaux, Guillaume Chaban-Delmas veut se faire un prénom : “Je ne suis pas une potiche”
Through Nicolas Gosselin
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Guillaume Chaban-Delmasthe grandson of the historic former mayor of Bordeaux, did not come into Politics to make a figure.
Summarized by gossip to a nametag on his 2020 debut, where he campaigned for Nicholas Florian (LR) on the occasion of the municipal elections in Bordeauxthe elected 31-year-old is determined to assert his ideas.
He was appointed municipal delegate of the Horizons party
“I want to make a name for myself,” he says. It’s true that the figure of my grandfather, very consensual, brought people together widely, but I didn’t get involved in local politics to play potiche or be cautious Chabanist. I do not deny anything to this filiation but on the subjects of everyday life, I am not a dictaphone of Jacques Chaban-Delmas. »
On the contrary, he aspires to “renew the software” by bringing “new ideas”. To do this, he decided to join the Party Horizonslaunched by Edward Philip October 9, 2021. In Bordeaux, Guillaume Chaban-Delmas will be the embodiment of the party since he was appointed on January 15, 2022 to be its municipal delegate.
“Several things seduced me in the speech of Édouard Philippe, he confides. I really like the idea of approaching subjects through the prism of the long term and a reflection on the decades to come. It contrasts with the treatment of information on a daily basis, where we have the right to controversies on controversies, without a structuring subject. »
He supports Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election
Also, the grandson of the former mayor of Bordeaux recognized himself as historic in the positioning of Édouard Philippe. “A right that assumes but has heart, sums up Guillaume Chaban-Delmas. A humanist and European right, not a right that goes into a shallot race with the frontists. »
In other words, the municipal councilor did not find himself in the political line defended by Valérie Pécresse, which Nicolas Florian ardently supports. It was enough for Pierre Hurmic (EELV), the current mayor of Bordeaux, to see in it the premises of a divorce within the opposition group Bordeaux Ensemble.
On an opposition more fragmented than ever. Everyone supports a different presidential candidate and everyone will want to play their part in the city council.
“The majority of Pierre Hurmic tends to split”
Guillaume Chaban-Delmas, who supports Emmanuel Macron for the presidential election, denies in block. “With my grandfather or Alain Juppé, the municipal majority has always been very plural, he recalls. At times, there were even socialists or communists in the majority. The local level is the best level to erase divisions. »
When you live in the same city, the same neighborhood, there are plenty of subjects that should not be the subject of dissension. Unfortunately, at present, the municipal majority tends to cleave and ideologize as many subjects as possible to turn them into political markers.
In this, the municipal councilor claims the heritage of his grandfather: “He knew how to take the height on things and overcome the divisions. As Édouard Philippe says, moderation is not a dirty word. »
Future candidate for mayor of Bordeaux?
Currently, the thirty-year-old is working to bring together a team around him within the municipal committee of Horizons. In what but? “Campaigning for Emmanuel Macron at the national level, he replies, but also weighing a minimum on the political debate only by paying for a counter-model in order to get out of the current lethargy. »
A counter-model, which could serve as an electoral program in 2026? “Today, declaring myself a candidate in the next municipal elections, it would be inappropriate and it is not on the agenda, sweeps Guillaume Chaban-Delmas. But in politics, you should never say never! »
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