The vote and the counting of the 62 elected officials will have lasted about an hour, this Thursday afternoon, in the hemicycle of the Loire-Atlantique departmental council. In the presence of the mayor of Nantes, Johanna Rolland, and the now retired from political life Philippe Grosvalet, Michel Ménard was elected president with 36 votes in his favor. Facing him, the leader of the right Laurent Turquois obtained 25 ballots in his favor. An elected official chose to vote white.
“I cannot hide my emotion from you”
In a room where regulars and newbies mingled, the counting began with three ballots in favor of Laurent Turquois. The latter, to whom journalists and part of the assembly turned, gave a broad smile, noticeable despite his mask. While knowing full well the outcome of this election which ended with a large majority in favor of the left.
“As I take my place in this rostrum, I cannot hide my emotion from you, began Michel Ménard. My emotion to assume the responsibilities of this community to which you know my attachment. Dear friends, I sincerely and humbly thank you. “In this speech prepared in advance, the new president of the Departmental Council had”thoughts for his family and his childrenHe also thanked his predecessor and set his priorities.
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Omnipresent in its program declined in 108 proposals, the ecological question has been widely mentioned by Michel Ménard. She will “at the heart of [s]on action“with the establishment of transversal actions in the area of the environment. Close to Philippe Grosvalet who had made it a hobbyhorse during his decade of presidency, the elected representative of the canton of Nantes 7 will continue on this path.”We will go even further in social policies“, he launched by evoking the creation of a social income for the young people.
I want to be the president of all the departmental councilors and of all the inhabitants of Loire-Atlantique.
Before Laurent Turquois, now leader of the opposition, took the floor, the new president finally launched a “alert message for all of us, a cry of alarm“. For a few minutes, Michel Ménard returned to the huge abstention during the elections. “If we are not careful, it will be the foundations of our democracy that will be threatened.“, says the 60-year-old man who wants to be”the president of all departmental councilors and all inhabitants of Loire-Atlantique“The task is immense.
