“Should Alsace leave the Grand-Est to become a Region in its own right again? Since December 22, the question has been clearly asked in a citizen consultation. Residents of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin can respond until February 15. Either online or by mail.
“We receive a lot of letters”, advance Frédéric Bierry, the president of the European Community of Alsace (CEA), which launched this “vote”. “That people take the trouble to send a stamped envelope is not insignificant. It shows that the subject matters to Alsatians. »
But how many will be there, on arrival, to express themselves? The elected official today has “no consolidated figures and the ballot boxes are sealed”. But Frédéric Bierry hopes that a certain milestone will be reached. “With 100,000 votes, the consultation will have a reach. Especially since this is an institutional issue, not on purchasing power for example, he says, recalling some other figures. For the environmentalist primary, Yannick Jadot obtained around 52,000 votes. At Les Républicains, Valérie Pécresse had 69,000. Each time for national elections. So 100,000 in Alsace alone…”
Alsace outside the Grand-Est in the event of Macron’s re-election?
In any case, the result of this consultation will have no legal effect. Only political, because it may weigh in on the choice of the next President of the Republic… According to Le Canard Enchaîné on Wednesday, Alsace would leave the Grand-Est in the event of the re-election of Emmanuel Macron. This would constitute a retaliatory measure by the executive against the current president of the greater region and new support for Valérie Pécresse, Jean Rottner.
“This settling of accounts does not interest me, sweeps Frédéric Bierry. But I appreciate that there is an Elysian openness to Alsace fully regaining its skills. Provided that the citizen consultation supports this request…” Response after February 15.