Since his election last June as mayor of Montpellier, Michel Delafosse has been talked about a lot.
He has indeed multiplied decisions that may have surprised: Charter of secularism criticized by his left, free public transport on weekends criticized by the right, add to that a strong speech and actions to improve the safety that no one does not dare to criticize ... The mayor PS upsets his camp.
It is undoubtedly for all these reasons that he has just been awarded the prize of the local elected official of the year at the 29th ceremony of the jury of the Trombinoscope organized at the national assembly on Tuesday, March 3.
Something to make people jealous in the regions.
But the new mayor has an art and a way of doing things where we do not expect him.
Like, for example, to respect to the letter its campaign promises.
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The journalist Emmanuel Kessler of Public senate presented him with this prize, insisting moreover on his "
affirmed convictions
" and "
commitments implemented
" and on the fact that the new mayor embodies "
a social, ecological and offensive left on the security
”.
The mayor replied, “
This award underlines the decisive role of local communities today, the health crisis clearly shows.
I like to say that making your city succeed is making your country succeed.
In Montpellier, we want to contribute to the dynamics of France by asserting our territory as a place of innovations in all areas facing the challenges of this century.
"