The socialist president of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, Michel Vauzelle, resigned to run for a fourth term in the regional elections in December.
At the age of 70 years old Justice Minister in 1992-1993 was announced Thursday, January 8 at its wishes to the institution’s staff. Also deputy of the Bouches-du-Rhône, Michel Vauzelle was elected in 1998 to chair the regional council. He was reelected in 2004 and again in 2010 when he largely defeated the UMP UMP Thierry Mariani with over 44% of the votes against 33% to his opponent.
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Michel Vauzelle mentioned é “age” as well as “the non-dual mandate” to explain its decision, According to Jean-Marc Coppola, Regional Councillor of the Left Front. He also referred to “an already complicated political situation at national and regional level” and left “distressed because of the policy of the PS” . Michel Vauzelle has often been critical of government policy, particularly on the various territorial reforms conducted under successive governments Ayrault and Valls.
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Claiming to be aware of the decision of Mr. Vauzelle “since two days “, Patrick Mennucci, Socialist vice-president of the region, told ” pay tribute to the work he has done since 1998 in this region, which is difficult, “ . “The most vivid memory for me is his first election in 1998 when [Francis] Leotard refused to follow RPR some of the time in their alliance with the National Front,” Mr. Mennucci reported.
This is the second president of the Socialist region to announce its withdrawal in the nomination race for the regional elections of 2015. Martin Malvy, President of Midi-Pyrénées, also announced in an interview with La Depeche du Midi on Wednesday, January 7 that he would not run for a new term as head of the large region formed by the merger with Languedoc-Roussillon. “There still has an age limit,” says the elected 78 years old.
See also: PS president of Midi-Pyrénées not seeking re-election
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