Until the last moment, Jeanne Barseghian, head of the EELV and PC list, who with 27.87% turned first in the first round, and Catherine Trautmann, former socialist minister, who finished 3rd with 19.77%, discussed foot. Just a few minutes apart on Tuesday, the two announced their breakup. “ There can be no agreement without reciprocity. And without support from the head of the list towards me , ”lamented Trautmann, the first to react. Denouncing " the hostile climate " installed by the competing team, refusing to be " a back-up force ", she acknowledged that negotiations have stalled, both on governance, and on " the social, economic and ecological contract " to offer to voters.
Late Monday evening, the negotiators had already left on a statement of failure. Since the evening of the first round, Catherine Trautmann, vice-president of the Eurometropolis, has claimed the presidency of the agglomeration which holds the main levers. A position that Jeanne Barseghian had reserved for the environmental mayor of Schiltigheim, Danielle Dambach, elected in the first round. Beyond the sharing of responsibilities, there was also the future vision of Strasbourg. Catherine Trautmann wanted "to review the project in the light of the health crisis which contains the seeds of an unprecedented economic and social crisis ".
"It's like playing Strasbourg with dice"
" Real substantive differences have emerged on the issues of road infrastructure, accessibility, sharing of public space as well as the investments necessary for the ecological transformation of the city, " agreed Jeanne Barseghian, astonished that, for the socialists, " only important to impose the presidency of Trautmann on the metropolis " " We therefore take note of this new deal, at the start of a campaign of second round completely unprecedented ", she said added, probably surprised by an unwritten script For the first time since 2008, there will be no agreement on the left…
Consequently, Strasbourg residents will have the choice between four lists. " It's playing Strasbourg to the dice, " had regretted in advance Alain Fontanel, head of the LREM list and 1st deputy of the outgoing mayor, who had overtaken Trautmann by forty votes in the first round. Rooted on the left, Trautmann refused an alliance with Fontanel, even if their economic programs were compatible. But not their personalities. " All of this lacks responsibility for the challenges of the territory, " said Fontanel, who had not dismissed the idea of a " great German coalition ", bringing together socialists on the right and in the center, who would have favored by part of the forces.
For several days, Jean-Philippe Vetter (LR), arriving 4th with 18.26%, seemed to rule out an alliance with the En Marche list. Author of a forum on economic recovery, he tackled environmentalists, qualified as “ sectarian and doctrinaire ”, noting “ their opposition to the development of Entzheim airport as to the expansion of the football stadium of the Meinau ". “ It helps to clarify things. I have a great team bringing together the right and the center, ready to govern, ”he commented, hoping to believe that, in a quadrangular, he can have his chance. And that " a new campaign is underway " which should mobilize more than 30% of Strasbourg residents. It could be more lively than in the first round because the elected list will win the electoral jackpot.
