MoDem municipal addresses in a piecemeal

MoDem municipal addresses in a piecemeal


Between the lists autonomous alliances with the UMP and the Socialist Party, the voter MoDem may have trouble making sense of it all Sunday in the first round of municipal elections. The centrist party has opted for a strategy variable geometry, and hopes to distinguish itself in Paris, while its leader Francois Bayrou risky plays a part in Pau.

The "third man" of the presidential candidate is in what has long been the uncontested fiefdom of the mayor (PS) André Labarrère, who died in 2006. Francois Bayrou divisions could benefit his heirs, but the challenge is far from being won: in a city traditionally left, opinion polls show for the time being the Socialist candidate Martine Lignières-Cassou leading to the first and second round.

But it is the only municipality that the MoDem seems able to win, especially centrist party hoping to achieve a score in double digits in as many cities to become the third political force in the country.

Head of the list in Paris, Marielle de Sarnez benefit and succeed at the game by making a good score in the capital. Faced with a Bertrand Delanoe (PS) archifavori and behind the UMP candidate Francoise de Panafieu, the MoDem could overtake the Greens widely, according to the latest polls. This has led to calls from the foot of too outgoing mayor, who has urged centrists out of the ambiguity between left and right before the first round. So far in vain.

Marielle de Sarnez expressed willingness Tuesday to a "partnership" with Mr. Delanoe, while claiming its "freedom". MoDem prefers to wait between the two towers to monetize dearly and count its votes.

"I still see a bit of skill and tactical contradictions," lamented Wednesday Bertrand Delanoe. "I do not want to be subjected to majorities variable geometry," warned the Socialist mayor of Paris, citing the example of the Greens who, "in spite of disagreements, voted budgets."

If three-quarters of MoDem lists are autonomous, the centrist party of balance between the right and left in many cities, according to the local realities.

The mayors outgoing MoDem have made alliance with the UMP to keep their headquarters in Saint-Brieuc, Arras or Epinay-sur-Seine. The Centre Party also supported the mayor (UMP) of Bordeaux Alain Juppe, to the chagrin of local activists. Instead, it has opted for agreements with the outgoing leftist mayors in Dijon, Grenoble, Montpellier and Roubaix.

This strategy alliance variable has not been without a few false notes: MoDem Lyons has exploded to a few weeks of the ballot among those who looked for the UMP candidate Dominique Perben, and those who preferred to rally the outgoing Socialist mayor Gerard Collomb. The party was forced to invest in a new candidate for disaster maintain line "autonomous".

In Paris, the former journalist Jean-Marie Cavada, which rose with weapons and luggage on the side of the UMP in the twelfth district. For MoDem, founded in late 2007 on the ruins of the UDF, the municipal campaign has shown that the time of the haemorrhage of managers is not yet completed