The canton of Sevran-Villepinte will pit three winners of municipal elections against each other. Outgoing departmental councilor, the mayor of Villepinte Martine Valleton (LR) is a candidate for re-election in tandem with the elected Sevranais Philippe Geffroy (LR). She will be opposed to four pairs, including those of her counterpart from Sevran Stéphane Blanchet (DVG) and her predecessor Nelly Roland (DVG).
Elected from Seine-Saint-Denis since 2008 and narrowly renewed in 2015 (31 votes ahead in the second round), Martine Valleton is counting in particular on the local notoriety of her sidekick to stack up again. “Since the last municipal elections, it has been a must in Sevran”, underlines the mayor of Villepinte.
The two right-wing elected officials had however opposed six years ago, when nominating candidates for the departmental elections. “There may have been some hazards, but it’s a detail”, evacuates Philippe Geffroy.
In this campaign, the duo pleads to “clean up the finances of the Department, the most indebted in France” and to increase the share dedicated to investment. And wishes “to provide the municipalities which request it with aid in terms of security”, for example to finance municipal police.
“The department has an important role to play in city policy”
On the left, Stéphane Blanchet also evokes security, which is not, however, a competence of the departmental council. “Security is not just blue, it is a multifaceted object which also requires the assistance of the Department”, he insists, referring to the public services which, according to him, contribute to “public tranquility”.
“The Department has an important role to play in city policy, for example by helping associations which fight for the prevention of delinquency, abounds Mélissa Youssouf (EELV), the elected opposition representative in Villepinte who forms a ticket with the mayor of Sevran. We cannot leave young people behind. »
The opponents of Stéphane Blanchet do not fail to recall that he had made a commitment to devote himself to his municipal mandate. “Circumstances led him to change his mind”, justifies his entourage, who adds that he will be “much more present” at the departmental council than Martine Valleton.
Nelly Roland considers embodying “the real left”
Supported by the president of the Department Stéphane Troussel (PS), the Blanchet-Youssouf pair must deal with the candidacy of Nelly Roland, who is running alongside Abdelkader Arrahmane (DVG). “The real left is us,” says the one who was mayor of Villepinte between 2008 and 2014.
She wants proof of this by the fact that she came top of the three lists on the left during the municipal elections last year. “However, we act as if I did not exist,” laments Nelly Roland, ensuring that she has the support of the local section of the PCF and some of the environmental activists.
These two left-wing candidates symbolize the “disunity” of this camp, observes Martine Valleton, she who claims the support of all the main formations of the right and the center.
Fabrice Scagni (LREM), his opponent in Villepinte and his opponent during these departmental, however denounces a deception. “I filed a complaint against Martine Valleton and Philippe Geffroy because they are usurping the support of the centrist Alliance, assures the one who was already a candidate in 2015. It is I who have the support of all the parties of the presidential majority. »
The candidates of the National Rally, they did not respond to our request.
IDENTITY RECORD
Population of the canton (Sevran and Villepinte). 88 505 habitants
Outgoing Councillors. Yvon Kergoat (MoDem) and Martine Valleton (LR)
Results of the first round of the departmental in 2015. Yvon Kergoat (MoDem) and Martine Valleton (UMP): 27.73%; Jean-François Baillon (EELV) and Mélissa Youssouf (PS): 27.34%; Charles Iguedlane and Atika Keddouh (FN): 21.85%; Clémentine Autain (FG) and Sébastian Bastaraud (PCF): 18.86%; Agnès Froment (DVD) and Fabrice Scagni (UDI): 2.97%; Sylvie Chevrier and Daniel Kpode (MRC): 1.15%
Results of the second round of the departmental in 2015. Yvon Kergoat (MoDem) and Martine Valleton (UMP): 50.12%; Jean-François Baillon (EELV) and Mélissa Youssouf (PS): 49.88%
Candidates in 2021. Stéphane Blanchet (DVG) and Mélissa Youssouf (EELV); Fabrice Scagni (LREM) and Jeannine Yana (without label); Nelly Roland and Abdelkader Arrahmane (DVG); Herminia Burdeau and Luc Colomas (RN); Philippe Geffroy and Martine Valleton (LR)
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