This topic hasn’t been discussed for a long time! Laurent Jacobelli (National Rally), relaunched this Friday the soap opera on the exit of Alsace from the Grand-Est. On the waves of France Blue Lorrainehe announced that he wanted to quickly table a bill and also proposed a referendum.
“The Great East does not work, it’s too big, it’s too far and it’s too expensive”, he justified in particular, therefore putting forward economic arguments. According to him, “communication costs exploded under the presidency of Jean Rottner [le président Les Républicains du Grand-Est] “.
A citizen consultation favorable to this exfiltration
The exit of Alsace from the Grand-Est is a question that has come up regularly for years. In December 2021, the CEA (European Community of Alsace) even launched a citizen consultation on the subject. Three months later and nearly 169,000 votes, 92.4% of those voting had voted for the exit of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin from the greater region.
Candidate and head of the list in the last regional elections, Laurent Jacobelli had already announced his desire to see Alsace apart from the Grand-Est.