After twenty-three years at the head of the city of Dijon, François Rebsamen announced his departure on Monday, November 18, in an interview given to public good. “I will hand over my mayoral chair to my first deputy, Nathalie Koenders”he says in this interview, a year and a half before the municipal elections.
The latter, 47 years old, still must be approved by the municipal council on November 25 to become the first female mayor of Dijon. He had already held this position on an interim basis for a few months in 2018, when Mr. Rebsamen was being treated for cancer.
If he wants to keep his position as president of Metropolis, François Hollande’s former Labor Minister says that “tired of [ses] weeks with busy days, at least twelve hours ». “I don’t know if in Metropolis there will be fewer, but they will be different. It feels good”he added.
I support Emmanuel Macron in 2022
For Mr. Rebsamen, “We need greater availability, at a time when urban and rural areas are not in full phase, at a time when we can see clearly, with the debate on Mercosur [traité de libre-échange négocié avec l’Union européenne]that the rural world is in difficulties”.
This former national secretary of the PS, very close to François Hollande, supported Emmanuel Macron in 2022. After leaving the socialist party, he created the Progressive Federation, a “left-wing government movement that brings together elected officials and citizens who no longer recognize themselves in the Socialist Party”.
