Pierre Hurmic elected, the crowd in the courtyard of the Palais-Rohan
Surreal scene at the Palais Rohan: the outgoing Nicolas Florian, the closed mine, announces his defeat in the lounges of the town hall while, in the courtyard, the “We won! Supporters of Pierre Hurmic arrived at the same time.
The first words of Pierre Hurmic from the Palais Rohan in Bordeaux # Municipales2020 pic.twitter.com/cNkWnXboCj
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Pierre Hurmic leaves his campaign headquarters
Scene of jubilation on rue des Trois-Conils. Party atmosphere at the exit of his local campaign.
Nicolas Florian: “I’m sad it’s a difficult evening”
The outgoing mayor spoke this Sunday evening. Nicolas Florian spoke in a surreal atmosphere. He and his teams, appalled, in the halls of the town hall while the “We won” resounded supporters of Pierre Hurmic, who entered the courtyard of the Palais Rohan. “I’m sad it’s a difficult evening […] “I would like to thank Alain Juppé for his confidence and I would like to thank him for the way he has been able to support me for a year and a half, I have no regrets.”
Alain Juppé’s tears
By leaving the Palais Rohan this Sunday evening, the former mayor of Bordeaux took note, with visible emotion, the result of the second round in the city which he directed from 1995 to 2019. “I am very sad I have nothing to say about strategy, it is democracy, there is a green wave”, a declared the former mayor, who had made Nicolas Florian his heir.
Philippe Poutou’s “historic satisfaction”
This Sunday evening, the three elected officials of Bordeaux in struggles appeared, smiling, wearing a red scarf. Philippe Poutou, head of the NPA, LFI, civil society list, speaks of “historical satisfaction”. “Three elected officials from Bordeaux in struggle enter the Palais-Rohan, a place where one would never have thought of setting foot there.” And to congratulate himself for having “succeeded in making social anger heard […] Bordeaux is not just a bourgeois city. “
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