The right and the center choose to divide on the Rouen municipal council: here is why
By Julien Bottler
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Divide to better opposethis is the astonishing strategy chosen by the elected representatives of the right and the center on the municipal council of Rouen. In a press release published Monday, July 4, 2022, they indeed announce the dissolution of their group, to create two new ones.
Divide to be better heard
We must not therefore see in their division, a disagreement between the elected Rouennais of the right and the center who had allied themselves in the second round of the municipal elections, despite everything suffering a heavy setback in the second round. This split is intended to “better carry the voice of the opposition”.
In fact, the municipal opposition thus hopes gain more speaking time. “The left united in the second round of the municipal elections has, in the wake of its election, created three distinct groups on the Rouen municipal council (PS, EELV, PCF). These three groups allow three times more speeches, three times more emergency motions, three times more platforms,” summarizes the opposition press release.
“The democratic space of the opposition is very closed by the behavior of the majority”, according to Marine Caron, elected centrist, who estimates that “out of six hours of municipal council, the majority speaks for at least four and a half hours “.
Everyone has their sensitivity
Result of this political maneuver, the split into two groups: that carried by Marine Caron (Together for Rouen, center and independent, with Félicie Renon and Hayet Zergui) and the other Pierre-Antoine Sprimont (Right and Center, in the heart of Rouen , with Marie Berrubé, Guillaume Charoulet, Franque-Emmanuel Coupard la Droitte and Bruno Devaux).
It is also a means of expressing ” different sensitivitieswe prefer in the center and the other group more to the right”, explains Marine Caron who wants to be part “in a constructive approach, to overcome the divisions to carry the projects of the territory”.
In short, a divorce by mutual consent for the good of the couple, which will be consummated at the next municipal council, at the start of the school year.
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