Renaud Muselier ready to present his candidacy for the head of the supervisory board
After the disappearance of Jean-Marc Forneri in December 2020, Elisabeth Ayrault had acted as interim on the supervisory board of the maritime port of Marseille Fos. But this will end on October 13.
This Monday, during a press conference dedicated to the inauguration of a “zero particle” ferry in Marseille, Renaud Muselier, president of the regional council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, announced that he would present himself his candidacy for the head of the seaport supervisory board, if no one has done so until October 14.
After the disappearance of Jean-Marc Forneri in December 2020, Elisabeth Ayrault had acted as interim on the supervisory board of the maritime port of Marseille Fos. But it will no longer do so beyond October 13, the eve of the next supervisory board.
“I would like a chairman of the supervisory board to be appointed as soon as possible, with a profile capable of opening his address book. We have no more time, if no candidate is presented to the next council of the October 14, I am presenting my candidacy for the presidency of the Council. The future of Marseille, of its region, depends on its port. What we are inaugurating today is a world first, it is up to us to continue in this direction”, declared Renaud Muselier.
“That is no longer possible”
According to Renaud Muselier, “this is no longer possible”, because the city of Marseille, in fact of its “large seaport must”, have a president. “I made two proposals, a man and a woman and we still have no response,” he added. Without an answer, he will come forward, he repeated, in order to get out of “this impasse”.
“We will see if Mr. Macron finds a solution by then, but the second city of France cannot find itself in this situation, because there is no chairman of the supervisory board”, to – it was added.
The president of the South Region refers to Emmanuel Macron’s promise to find a solution to this problem, the media recalls The sailorwhen he comes to Marseille in September 2021.