The Nice Premium family is growing with the arrival of our new consultant “Telloc,” who delivers his first contribution in the form of an analysis of the symptomatic opposition between national and local politics. A vast debate!
If the continued loss of credibility of the Sarkozy regime generates growing concern among its community members, the local notables’ discontent against the Parisian recentralization, operated notably by the Élysée nomenklatura, presents a unique face that reflects the perpetual confrontation between central and local powers.
This Girondin discontent is well illustrated in our PACA region, where two major actors of the regime, the Mayors of Nice and Toulon, distance themselves from the President with declarations in the form of warnings: they urge the Élysée to listen to the territories and to be inspired by their methods of management, or they reference the negative influence of the Presidential entourage and the Parisian milieu.
In a preliminary analysis, it should be noted that the Élysée monarch, like most of his predecessors, hasn’t escaped the pressure exerted by the presidential figures as soon as the situation deteriorated: Parisian Jacobinism resurfaces once again. The loss of influence of local politicians, even those close to the president, in favor of a close inner circle, is evident in times of crisis.
Secondly, we detect among our local leaders an initial stance of differentiation from the lines of presidential power, as if preparing to adapt to any potential new situation. The likely tightening of central power in the coming months will not dampen this position.
The political life of our country is entering a high-risk phase for the current power because the battle will play out on two levels:
On the level of political battalions, with the Paris/Province opposition defining the Presidential campaign strategy.
On the level of personal rivalries, where the natural candidate of the majority is no longer necessarily the incumbent President, for numerous political leaders.
