The CUM amphitheater was packed for the greetings to the population by Eric Ciotti, the president of the Departmental Council, in the presence of national and local elected officials.
A ceremony without splendor and above all at zero cost for the community: “this evening, I paid for it,” said Eric Ciotti before recalling: “I decided after this tragic year to cancel the institutional greeting ceremony and reserve this budget for the victims of the storms.”
An indirect reference to the ongoing controversy concerning the one organized by Christian Estrosi, a few days ago, with a bill totaling nearly 500,000 euros?
Beyond this indirect exchange of pleasantries, Eric Ciotti’s speech confirmed the guiding principle of his policy: firmly to the right! “I am for a right line, right in its values and convictions,” which makes him a central supporter of Nicolas Sarkozy and his positioning: neither PS nor FN.
Moreover, the president of the LR had confirmed it in the afternoon, as the deputy secretary general in charge of the Les Républicains’ federations, a role that propels him to the heart of the party’s organization and grants him the status of a national leader.
The speech, interrupted several times by rounds of applause from the audience, predominantly composed of loyal voters, centered around the good management of departmental finances: “Managing a community with responsibility is to show political courage! We had pledged not to increase taxes. Promise made, promise kept, promise respected,” he affirmed with conviction, adding: “In my actions within the Department, I have always ensured that my words and actions are in conformity.”
On the national front, Eric Ciotti remains consistent, his ideas are clear and defined: “Authority (while our State should be strong to better protect us, it has today resigned in the face of the law of violence) and freedom must be the two essential pillars that should allow us to oust the socialists.”
The appointment set for 2017, another chapter will be written this year with Eric Ciotti’s initiative, whose hyperactivity will be rewarded on February 3 with the publication of the ranking of the best deputy of 2015, namely him (as he anticipated without really saying it).
Strongly traditionalist, Eric Ciotti will submit a bill aiming to inscribe our Christian roots in our Constitution. “France is the result of its Christian roots. Our duty is to ensure that France remains France!” he said, without better explaining the contradiction with the following statement: “The Republic must not adapt to religious laws, it is the religious laws that must submit to the Republic.”
In fact, this proposal merely follows the declaration posted in a video message on December 24 by Nicolas Sarkozy. Discussing “faith and religious practice,” the former head of state emphasizes that “the Christian roots of France go beyond worship”. For him, they are “a cultural tradition,”
More words or fewer, these are the same statements from Eric Ciotti, last night.
In this anticipation, the conclusion was not lacking in emphasis and patriotism: “I want to express the hope that our country will find the path to greatness.
I want to express before you my love for France, this eternal France that, over the millennia, has shaped the world. We must build hope for the recovery of our country. France is not finished.”
