It was this Monday, by placing a wreath in the military necropolis of the Saint-François cemetery, in memory of the soldiers who died for France, that Philippe Deschamps officially assumed the post of sub-prefect of Thionville.
A symbolic gesture, carried out in the presence of local civil and military personalities, including the prefect of the Moselle, Laurent Touvet. 57 years old, the new incumbent is from Douai. A ch’ti, like its predecessor, Thierry Hegay to which he insisted on returning…