The flags were at half mast in Calais on Saturday in tribute to Jean-Jacques Barthe, communist deputy and mayor of the city for three decades, who died on Friday after leaving politics in 2000. The current mayor of Calais Natacha Bouchart, elected from the right having conquered the city from the Communists in 2008, hailed on Facebook a "
man of conviction very attached to our city
", adding "
his lofty view, his dedication deserve our respect
".
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Jean-Jacques Barthe, teacher elected mayor of Calais continuously from 1971 to 2000, and deputy from 1978 to 1988, died Friday in Calais at the age of 85, said the mayor and the local communist party.
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The Communist Party of Calaisis, emphasizing that it had managed the city with "
realism and vision for the future
", recalled its "
humility, its natural authority
", its "
sense of justice (...) and of general interest
”.
MP for Pas-de-Calais Pierre-Henri Dumont (LR) hailed a "
sincere man
" who left "
an indelible mark in Calais
".