nouvelle démission dans l’équipe du maire, l’opposition crie à l’« instabilité »
Politically, the blow is hard: Bernard-Louis Blanc embodies a large side of municipal ecology in Bordeaux, in particular with the label Bâtiment frugal bordelais, a binding urban planning charter which aims to be exemplary. And in the absence of a municipal explanation, it is the opposition that is having a field day. These departures “weaken the current municipal team, which has already been struggling for two and a half years to register its mark”, loose the deputy Thomas Cazenave (Renaissance).
“Is the municipal executive sufficient in number and skills to manage the City of Bordeaux? »
“Cause or inconsistency of this majority, the instability of the executive which bursts into the open,” stings Bordeaux Ensemble, the group of ex-mayor Nicolas Florian. Who asks Hurmic to “be transparent”, and stings: “Is the municipal executive sufficient in number and skills to manage the City of Bordeaux? »
Understand: are there enough “pragmatists” left in the ranks to balance with the “radicals” of an eclectic list, with diverse political backgrounds, Nupes way before the hour, two years ago. Ecologists, socialists, civil society, parity: the betting will be done on Tuesday, therefore.
“Two Lines Oppose”
However, Bernard-Louis Blanc, 68-year-old former general manager of the social landlord Aquitanis, is credited with the simple desire to take a step back from political life, after having put the virtuous label on the rails. And he shouldn’t quit the board, just leave his deputy title, all without political animosity.
“We cannot explain these departures solely by the unpreparedness and weariness of these elected officials: there are two opposing political lines in this majority”, does not budge Fabien Robert (MoDem), the ex- Deputy Prime Minister of Nicolas Florian, who keeps the chronological timeline of the missing from the municipal team up to date: at the departure of elected officials Benoît Meyer (July 2020), Pascale Roux (October 2021, sanctioned for conflict of interest) or Paul-Arnaud Delaroche (February 2022), Fabien Robert adds the waltz of communication directors.
Or, already, the resignation of Bernard-Louis Blanc from Bordeaux Métropole Aménagement (BMA) in June 2021. Presiding over the biggest developer in the Métropole while being assistant to town planning: the opposition had pointed to an explosive “mixture of genres “.