Last public meetings under the school canopies of Nice Flore and Saint Antoine de Ginestière took place last night for the outgoing mayor, surpassing the milestone of 200 public meetings (201) before a day of rest, which, no doubt, will be most studious.
200 appointments and a speech ranging from investment, to the (re?)conquest of the West, to the construction of line 2, to security – creation of the special BAC unit of the municipal police, specific neighborhood brigades (Jean Médecin, Trachel, Old Nice…) and the installation of 500 additional cameras, to projects of the National Interest Operation of the Eco Valley.
Of course, Christian Estrosi is the big favorite in this municipal deadline, but what will happen this Sunday, and barring a major surprise, next Sunday, could be indicative of the new Azur political landscape in the years to come. If Christian Estrosi were to win in the first round, it would certainly confirm his local hegemony, but it would open the door to lists that would not have been present in the second round for failing to reach the 10% necessary for a presence in the second week. A cruel dilemma, therefore, with on one side a great victory and, on the other, facing opponents that could have been eliminated in a second round.
In short, it is the voters who make the elections and who will therefore select the new inauguration of the outgoing mayor, or a second round which could see the presence of one, two, or even three candidates: Marie-Christine Arnautu, Patrick Allemand, and Olivier Bettati. “I do not wish to hear that we will win in the first round, there is nothing more demobilizing and it would favor abstention,” Christian Estrosi repeats over and over, ready to wait another week to celebrate his “Spring of Nice.”
