At mid-term, 1293 mayors elected in 2020 (out of some 35,000) have already given up their aprons. The resignation of the mayor of Saint-Brévin after the fire of his home caused a political and media shock.
But behind this example, there is a growing frustration of elected officials who are victims of violence, often verbal, increasingly physical, and whose loved ones and families are also the target. From the mayor of Val-de-Reuil accused of racism by a family that refuses a solution found for one of its disabled children, to that of Neuilly treated as "criminal" by a resident annoyed by a construction site, the testimonies are legion. From the mayor "within earshot" to the intimidated and assaulted mayor, there is a threshold that is crossed. They are not the only ones targeted.
Police forces stoned, pharmacists racketed, doctors taken to task, teachers threatened by students or denounced by parents who do not support a remark made to their children, it is all the depositories of authority who...
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