Accustomed to scrums and tackles of his beloved rugby, the low blows of politics, for now, do not make him waver more than that. We are talking about Marc-André Domergue, special advisor to Marie-Christine Arnautu within the Alpes-Maritimes Federation of the National Front and, as such, the Nice branch of the boss who, elected to the European Parliament, cannot ensure a daily presence.
Municipal councilor (the only one to remain loyal to the European elected official after the exodus of those who became independent elected officials) and metropolitan advisor, he is also running in the departmental elections (in tandem with Odile Tixier de Gubernatis) in a particularly sensitive district, Nice 8, which includes the neighborhoods of Vauban, Lyautey, Riquier, Saint-Roch, Roquebillère, and Saint-Charles.
A working-class district where Marc-André Domergue and his running mate want to promote their usual discourse: uncompromising criticism of the Estrosi-Ciotti system that reigns over the city, the metropolis, and the department.
“A system whose two mainstays are clanism and clientelism,” asserts the National Front candidate. The evidence? The two UMP candidates are co-responsible through their roles as deputies to the Mayor of Nice.
The criticism of Christian Estrosi’s policy is without concession: “The UMP prefers to indebt the city with an underground tramway, fund an ‘artistic’ center at the former slaughterhouses, or even install in the premises of Côte d’Azur Habitat a new large mosque led by the UOIF, an association supposedly close to the Muslim Brotherhood.”
For Marc-André Domergue and Odile Tixier de Gubernatis, however, the needs of these neighborhoods are immense: “covering the Paillon for green and sports spaces, new daycare centers, street cleanliness, improving traffic and parking, or even renovating the Riquier station.”
And, dulcis in fundo, consulting all the people of Nice to find a solution for the prison… besides, once you taste a referendum, why limit yourself?
Hence the appeal of the National Front candidates to voters: “On March 22 and 29, we have a unique chance to put a stop to all these compromises and betrayals.”
