Mantes-la-Jolie: Mayor LR keeps his distance from Emmanuel Macron

The Macron shock wave has, for the moment, stopped at the gates of Mantes-la-Jolie. While prominent right-wing mayors like Karl Olive (LR, Poissy), Arnaud Péricard (DVD, Saint-Germain-en-Laye) or Laurent Brosse (DVD, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine) recently called in a tribune to support the policy of the government, the mayor (LR) of Mantes-la-Jolie has remained silent.

Raphaël Cognet, however, belongs to the same “band” as these ambitious elected officials, that of the dynamic quadras classified on the right and who regularly find themselves in the gold of the association “Génération Terrain”. But he did not sign. “I read this column carefully and it says nothing in particular,” confides Raphaël Cognet. We all want the success of France. Should we therefore support all of Emmanuel Macron’s policy? Personally, there are things that I support and others that do not seem good to me, “adds the mayor, who calls for a sense of nuance in” an era that is not in moderation “.

Close to Pierre Béder, the president (LR) of the departmental council and patron of the Republicans of Yvelines, Raphaël Cognet thus intends to remain faithful to his party. He will remain a member of LR. And will not leave Génération Terrain “unless the departure roadmap is not respected”. “But I didn’t understand that this was the case,” he said, before putting an end to the rumors that evoked an agreement with En Marche at the next municipal elections: “The label that counts is the United Mantes association. Those who agree with this project will be welcome. But let me be clear: I want to discuss Mantes-la-Jolie and the project. I don’t want partisan negotiations. “

IN MANTES-LA-VILLE, THE ELECTED LR LEAVES ITS PARTY

It is a departure that could shake up the municipal campaign in one of the most highly-scrutinized cities in Ile-de-France.

Eric Visintainer, municipal councilor of opposition (LR) of Mantes-la-Ville decided to leave the Republicans. “After the debacle and the resignation of Laurent Wauquiez, the only concern of the party caciques is to find a candidate for the internal election to appoint his successor, who has ambitions… but not too many! Basically to lead the battles to come, it takes a woman or a man who does not overshadow the presidential, “he laments.

This resignation did not go unnoticed in this town led by the National Rally. Close to Valérie Pécresse, Eric Visintainer had distanced himself from the party, in particular with Pierre Béder who had tried to impose a candidate of his choice on the municipal level.