It was an open secret. Charles-Ange Ginésy is the new president of the departmental council of Alpes-Maritimes. This election was welcomed by his predecessors and his entire political family.
Charles-Ange Ginésy, mayor of Péone Valberg, becomes the first president of the departmental council of Alpes-Maritimes under the banner of Les Républicains. He succeeds his friend Eric Ciotti, who led the department for 9 years and resigned from his position to retain his role as a deputy, in compliance with the law on holding multiple offices. Elected by a majority with 49 votes out of 54 registered (including 52 voters), it is noteworthy that he was the only candidate in the running for this election. Xavier Beck, mayor of Cap d’Ail, is appointed Vice-President.
A family affair
The Ginésy name is once again surfacing at the head of the department. Between 1990 and 2003, it was his father Charles who held the presidency after also serving as mayor of Péone Valberg. “Today, my first thought goes to my father. For 42 years, this house was his. He spent much more time there than in his own home,” the new departmental president recounts.
An unchanged roadmap
The program remains and will continue to be the same that brought the right to power. Control of taxation, prioritization of large investments, reduction of the community’s debt, and reduction of operating costs will be the main focuses of work for the coming years.
While he aligns with the continuity of his predecessor’s actions, Charles-Ange Ginésy still wants to leave his personal mark: “My ambition is to make Alpes-Maritimes a reference in sustainable investment.”
And he specifies a roadmap:
‘First of all, with an action plan for the digital transition: a “SMART DEAL,” thought out with all the actors of the digital economy, similar to a Think Tank, to increase and develop our investments:
• It could range from a “Connected Schools” program…
• …to dematerialized access for all of our social benefits
• Through the development of predictive data on Natural Risk Management
• Or even through the implementation of a “Digital Mediation 06” plan to support our seniors in digital usage.
Then with an action plan for the environmental transition: a “GREEN DEAL” which should:
• Redirect part of our Aid to Communities towards major public projects for the development of renewable energies
• Accelerate the creation of Departmental Green and Blue Infrastructure
• Or even launch an “Anti-Waste 06” program including actors from the Circular Economy.
The path is thus laid out: starting in 2018, the SMART DEAL and the GREEN DEAL will be the new backbone of our public action—it is the programmatic commitment of the new departmental president.
