Death of Claude Dilain, Senator PS defender and suburbs – Les Echos

Death of Claude Dilain, Senator PS defender and suburbs – Les Echos

The former mayor of Clichy-sous-Bois, a tireless defender of the suburbs and destroyer of regional inequalities, was illustrated in particular in the fight against degraded condominiums.

Clichy-sous-Bois loses one of those figures. Claude Dilain died Tuesday morning at age 66 in a Paris hospital. The socialist senator and General Counsel of Seine-Saint-Denis, was mayor of Clichy-sous-Bois, shared that he still lived. Claude Dilain was a pediatrician, who retired in 2013. In the Senate, he was a member of the Committee on Social Affairs. Tireless advocate of suburbs and destroyer of territorial inequalities, it was particularly illustrated in the fight against degraded condominiums.

“An engaged fighter”

Francois Hollande welcomed via a statement from the Elysee, a “passionate player in city policy” and “exemplary struggle for rights neighborhood residents’ . Alain Dilain, “tireless activist living together” was “justice and equality at the heart” , praised Bernard Cazeneuve, Minister of the Interior.

“Spokesman and advocate a policy of ambitious city, struggling against ghettoization he has not ceased to denounce, did honor to Claude Dilain the Republic and its currency. Today it loses one of its most valiant defenders “, said Jean-Christophe Cambadélis, first secretary of the Socialist Party.

A Republican tribute

“It is a great sadness for Clichy and for all neighborhoods. He did a lot for these forgotten territories and he still had a lot to do “, said his successor at the town hall, Olivier Klein. Clichy-sous-Bois, a popular town in Seine-Saint-Denis, became a symbol of the deprived suburbs with the 2005 riots, is organizing a “Republican homage” in memory of his former mayor, to be held “in the coming days.” “The Seine-Saint-Denis lost a fighter engaged in the service of the department, a tireless campaigner for justice and territorial equality “, said on his part the president of the council, Stephane Troussel.

The emotional messages are also multiplied on Twitter after the announcement of death of Claude Dilain, starting with the Prime Minister, Manuel Valls. Here is a small selection :

Avec AFP