The main target of [Christian Estrosi’s attacks](https://www.lexpress.fr/info/quotidien/actu.asp?id=468779), the Secretary General of the UMP, according to the Mayor of Nice, “made many blunders, not knowing how to create synergies among the movement’s players.” A tit for tat, then, between the two strong men of the UMP who had started hostilities at the beginning of March when Patrick Devedjian declared that UMP ministers who had become mayors of major cities “such as Nice” should resign from their ministerial roles. It is doubtful that the two men will spend their vacations together, and it is even to be feared that these salvoes are only the beginning with the goal of managing the UMP house.
Following Patrick Balkany, who had criticized Patrick Devedjian for a state of lethargy between the two rounds of the last municipal elections, it is now Christian Estrosi’s turn to sharply criticize the management of his party, even calling for “a return to basics.”
During his municipal campaign, Christian Estrosi was pleased with his good governmental relations, which would allow him to obtain state assistance much more easily. However, as appetite comes with eating, it is from Nice that the new Mayor now tries to explain to Paris how to manage a party!
