Alain Claeys met Sacha Houlié on May 22. The latter wished to discuss the endowments of the State. The municipal ones were mainly discussed. What did they say to each other? We asked them.
Did “negotiations” take place between LREM and the outgoing PS mayor in view of the second round of municipal elections in Poitiers? The information published by our colleagues from France 3 stirred the microcosm this week.
“So we learn that an LREM / Claeys axis would have been envisaged in the second round … When I advocated it from the first round, it was a political blunder! “, tweeted former centrist MP Eric Duboc on Thursday evening.
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Information taken, a meeting took place between the deputy LREM of the 2 constituency, Sacha Houlié, and the mayor of Poitiers, Alain Claeys, Friday May 22, at 3:30 p.m., in the presence of Francis Chalard, campaign director of the latter. But in the absence of the macronist candidate, Anthony Brottier. The three men present confirm this. However, they diverge on the initiative of this meeting.
“Alain Claeys asked to meet with me to discuss endowments to communities; we talked about that but we also talked about the elections “, explains Sacha Houlié.
False, according to Francis Chalard who wants as proof the SMS that the deputy sent him on May 12 at 4:48 pm to contact: “Are you available to chat this evening?” “ Invitation renewed by Sacha Houlié directly with Alain Claeys, still by text, on May 17 at 11:45 am, to discuss the request for allocation of support for local investment made by Grand Poitiers to the Minister responsible for Relations with communities. ” Okay “, replies the outgoing mayor.
An appointment is therefore made. However, on May 22, there was little talk of state grants but many of the municipal ones. Among walkers, it is said that a certain number of eligible places were offered. For the Claeys team, the hypothesis of a merger of the two lists has never been considered.
“He wanted us to withdraw our list”, agrees Sacha Houlié, estimating to have put the finger on several crucial questions during the campaign, in particular that of social housing.
“End of inadmissibility”
“He encountered an end to inadmissibility”, explained his candidate, Anthony Brottier, in our edition yesterday. “From the start, we have built a program that breaks with Claeys. “
It is true that a merger would have been surprising in this regard. Especially since several dissident macronists, breaking away from Sacha Houlié, are present on the list of the outgoing mayor.
Francis Chalard was therefore the first, Friday morning, at the opening of the prefecture services, to submit the unchanged Claeys list for the second round. Undoubtedly anxious not to let doubt settle with his running mate.
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