After a civil wedding in March 2021, Joachim Murat, fifth great-grandson of Napoleon I, and Princess Yasmine Lorraine Briki, were religiously married in the church of Saint-Louis des Invalides in Paris. A doubly symbolic ceremony, since the building houses the Emperor’s tomb under the dome. Then, as they left the cathedral, the couple exchanged a kiss under the statue of Napoleon I.
The couple was acclaimed by the guests and by the “historical re-enactors” of the Murat Civil and Military House, created by Nicolas Frémeaux. The latter, also present during the engagement, has invested since 2020 the 13 hectares of the park of the Montigny-le-Gannelon castle, in Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières, to revive the story of Marshal Joachim Murat (1767-1815) , brother-in-law of Napoleon I who became King of Naples in 1808, because the place “lends itself perfectly to this kind of event. “.
During the last weekend of May 2022, the reconstitution was able to count on the presence of Gioacchino Murat, Prince of Pontecorvo, who came to honor the memory of his ancestor.
“City of Hope”
On 4 and 5 November, the city of Châteaudun hosted the first congress of reflection on the development of medium-sized cities. Xavier Bertrand, president (LR) of the Hauts-de-France Region, who intends to defend these cities “full of hope and bearers of hope”, participated by videoconference.
“I have two metropolises, Lille and Amiens, on my territory, which are two locomotives. But it’s not the desert around, said the former congressional candidate of the line with the presidential elections. A third of the inhabitants of my region live in medium-sized cities. No territory should be forgotten and a real regional planning policy is needed. We should not rely on metropolises alone. »
Medium-sized cities are asking for “fast and efficient” public policies, especially in the field of mobility. Transport is also one of Xavier Bertrand’s priorities, who wants a state investment of “10 billion euros to develop the railways and in particular the TER”. “I don’t close small lines in my area, but above all I would like to open some?! »
Loyal to the post
The former mayor of Dreux, Gérard Hamel (Les Républicains) has become rare in public demonstrations. But he remains faithful to patriotic meetings, as happened for the commemoration of the armistice in Dreux on Friday. All the elected representatives of the majority and of the opposition came to greet him, stationed in the front row of the official authorities. In a somewhat troubled period within the commune of Drouaise, Gérard Hamel appears as a consensual figure, beyond internal quarrels and selfish battles.
Laurent Ruquier sells Landru’s kitchen
The appliance, installed in the kitchen of Henri-Désiré Landru’s house in Gambais (Yvelines), near Houdan, was used to dispose of the bodies of the victims of the murderous woman, who raged between 1915 and 1919. and the author Laurent Ruquier bought the kitchen with its oven a few years ago: “I still have it, but it’s never worked. Laurent Ruquier specifies that he obtained the appliance not as a tribute to the famous assassin, but as a witness object in a play about Landru, which he had written for the Marigny theater in Paris. Resident in Normandy, Laurent Ruquier announces he is ready to get rid of it, specifying that “he has never used it”.
For its second edition, the Nocturne de Chartres en lumière, organized by ASPTT Chartres and L’Écho Républicain, started on Saturday 5 November from the esplanade of the cathedral. There were 2,303 participants, on the five routes proposed to hikers, to (re)discover the city in a different way.
Outsourced
The June 2023 plenary session of the Centre-Val de Loire Regional Council will not take place at the Hôtel de Région, in Orléans, as usual, but in Eure-et-Loir. Exceptionally. Due to the work at the Hôtel de Région, planned for this time of year, this relocated session should be held on the last Thursday of June, at the future high school of Hips, near Épernon, if progress and the work schedule allow allow. A good opportunity for the community to promote, temporarily occupying it, one of the main departmental versions of its policy.
count
Perhaps it would be good for the community of communes of Grand Châteaudun to have electronic boxes, this would save much hassle for the director general of services, Henri Froger, who counts the votes during community councils. Last Monday, during the session held in Cloyes-sur-le-Loir (Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières), there was no indication that a resolution on the award of a grant to the BGE Ismer association partially divided the assembly. Yet, that’s what happened. At the time of the vote, those elected were therefore asked to raise their hands well and those in power to show two (hands). For Henri Froger, this is where everything got complicated, because he had to try twice to count.
Bergé gives birth, Boutin attacks?!
The birth of a child can fuel the political game. At least this is what the rambolitaine Christine Boutin, former minister of Nicolas Sarkozy known for her anti-abortion positions, tried to do on Twitter: use the birth of a child for political ends. While the macronist deputy for Yvelines Aurore Bergé, president of the Renaissance group, gave birth to her daughter Victoire of her on October 31, Christine Boutin, far from congratulating her, challenged her:
Mistery solved.
The political aperitif is on the rise
Elisabeth Borne organized one this week in Matignon with the women of the government. Even the deputy (Renaissance) for the constituency of Chartres, Guillaume Kasbarian, relaunches himself in the exercise of French conviviality, proposing, starting next week, five meetings called “L’apéro en circo”, like last spring.
“Local meetings to answer questions and discuss freely”, which is easier anyway if there are libations and feasts?! The MP will thus meet the inhabitants of his constituency, from 6.30 pm to 8 pm, on Friday 18 November, in Barjouville (town hall, 1 rue Jean-Moulin), on Friday 25 November, in Nogent-le – Phaye (Lo Chalet , rue de la Mare); Thursday 1 December in Chartres (Hôtellerie Saint-Yves, 3 rue des Acacias)?; Friday 2 December in Boutigny-Prouais (salle Polyvalente, 1 rue des Potiers) and Friday 9 December in Pierres (salle Cèdre, 45 rue René et Jean-Lefèvre). At a time when energy saving and the question of purchasing power arise for many pockets, an aperitif in the eye, you can’t refuse?!
Dreux the Echo
The City is at the forefront of the fight against global warming… at least one of its residents, filmmaker Cyril Dion. The activist currently occupies a good amount of media, having a series on Arte (A new world to see in replay), but also be co-host of the show Citizen treesaired this week on France 2, and guest on many radios. If he denounces climate attacks worldwide, he still looks to his region and deplores the A154 motorway project. “Building highways, shopping malls, it’s an aberration. We need to think differently about our economy and our motor skills. But the authorities have not yet arrived. »
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