The President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron intervened via a video message during the last city council as mayor of Jean-Yves Caullet, Thursday February 11 in Avallon in the Yonne. A message that surprised and touched the main interested.
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Emmanuel Macron invited himself in video during the municipal council of Avallon (Yonne) on Thursday 11 February to pay tribute to Jean-Yves Caullet, who chaired his last meeting as mayor. The latter indeed announced on the occasion of these 2021 wishes, on January 22, his decision to hand over to his first assistant Jamilah Habsaoui after twenty years at the head of the town.
The mayor of Avallon did not expect to see the face of the President of the Republic appear behind him on Thursday night. “It’s a big surprise. It’s a plot that was hatched in secret by people I totally trusted and who got hold of me on this one.”, tells us with a smile the elected official reached by phone this Friday.
He says he felt “astonishment, and then an emotion. And if I may, finally a little bit of pride. All that mixed up. It is not yet completely settled, but it is inevitably the emotion that wins. . “
video length: 03:15
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The entire speech by the Head of State
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“Dear Jean-Yves, the inhabitants of Avallon will miss you very much. But because the great mayors never completely separate from the love of their commune, you will continue to be among them I know it”, said the head of state in particular. “It’s been a few years that we have known each other dear Jean-Yves. I imagine that the choice that is made, you have matured as usual for a long time. It is yours and it honors you because few are the elected officials who know how to organize and assume their succession “, continued Emmanuel Macron, passing to familiarity.
I also wanted to tell you that by intervening during this council, I know very well all that I owe you. An unwavering commitment, an incomparable work force, knowledge of the field, of many other parliamentarians and elected officials. And a lot of humility.
“A form of reward”
Jean-Yves Caullet, when he was a deputy, worked a lot with Emmanuel Macron during the examination of the bill of the one who was then at the Ministry of the Economy. “It caused intense and long work in close proximity. It was there that we got to know each other and it touched me that he referred to that moment. Because it is a strong moment, of work, a moment of convergence which was well prior to all the presidential adventure then “, recalls Jean-Yves Caullet.
What touched me is that with the responsibilities that are his, he took the time to remember that and to tell me, to say it publicly, at a strong moment for me.
In January 2017, then a member of the Socialist Party, he announced on France 3 Bourgogne his rallying to Emmanuel Macron and his decision to join the movement “En Marche!”. A few weeks later, on Thursday March 23, 2017, he received the candidate Macron in Avallon.
“It is a form of reward, not so much for me, but for all those around me. Whether it is my family, my collaborators or my elected colleagues who accompany me in this commitment for my city “, continues Jean-Yves Caullet.
Beyond the speech of the President of the Republic, this last council as mayor was “a strong moment” for him. “I’ve been thinking about it for a very long time, he asserts. For elected officials, the need to pass the baton is something very important. This is an idea that I have had in mind since the previous term. You have to prepare things, it cannot be done point blank. I think this is the right time to do it because you have to give the new team the time of the mandate to take ownership of the whole task. And mark the mandate of its commitment “.
His first deputy, Jamilah Habsaoui, is due to become mayor at the next municipal council, scheduled for March 11. It will be the twentieth anniversary, to the day, of the arrival of Jean-Yves Caullet at the head of the town. She will become the first female mayor of Avallon. Two new deputies are also to be appointed.
Jean-Yves Caullet will not quite leave the city council. He will no longer be mayor or deputy, but will remain delegated municipal councilor “for questions relating to the hospital and its project for a new establishment. And for matters of coordination of what are called complex projects which require strong partnerships with the State, the Region, Europe, etc. This is for example the SKF folder [….] and then the territory project, which goes beyond the town of Avallon “, he specifies.
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