Each in their specialty, they will be talked about in 2022. 20 minutes has chosen to highlight four personalities from Nice active in the fields of politics, music, sport and obviously health.
Eric Ciotti, heavyweight in the campaign of Valérie Pécresse
By arriving at the head, at the beginning of December, of the first round of the LR congress to determine the party’s candidate for the presidential election, Eric Ciotti had created a surprise. And Valérie Pécresse, finally chosen by the militants in the second round, had immediately explained that she would compose her project with the ideas of the very right-handed deputy of the Alpes-Maritimes in the coming months. She also promised him “a very unique place in [sa] countryside “. “Together, we will have the courage to reform France,” she also explained to Saint-Martin-Vésubie, the stronghold of Eric Ciotti, where she was making her first official trip with him. The parliamentarian should therefore be omnipresent on the national scene in 2022, at least until the election. And could even become a minister in the event of Valérie Pécresse’s accession to power. In the meantime, that will not prevent it from being active locally as well. Much to the chagrin of Christian Estrosi, his former mentor and ally. In mid-December, Eric Ciotti launched a support committee for the preservation of the National Theater of Nice and the Acropolis Palace, which the mayor wants to destroy.
Eva, a third album (already) and projects in full head
Sacred female artist of the year at the last NRJ Music Awards, in November in Cannes, the Niçoise Eva will surf the recent release of her third studio album, Happiness. After Queen, who revealed it, and Feed Unveiled this summer and ranked at the top of sales in France, this third opus at only 20 years old will make him continue a tour of the zeniths in 2022, depending on health restrictions. Sister of a reality TV star (Jazz), the very young singer who first became known as an influencer under the nickname Eva “Queen” (which she and her friends gave each other), now takes a strong community of two million fans on Instagram. And manages her career like a businesswoman. She also hopes to turn to fashion, for example by launching a clothing line. Eva Garnier, her real name, is “a real hard worker,” a member of her entourage confided in 2019 to 20 Minutes.
Isola 2000 skier Mathieu Faivre, on top in Beijing?
With Tessa Worley, Alexis Pinturault, Clément Noël and even Johan Clarey, Mathieu Faivre will defend the chances of French skiing at the Olympic Games in Beijing. But the winner of two world titles in giant and in parallel last year will still have to gain consistency this season to hope to grab a medal in China. On December 19, if the Isola 2000 skier set the best time of the first round of the giant from Alta Badia (Italy), two hundredths ahead of the Swiss favorite Marco Odermatt, he finally finished 16th … For the moment, on the 2021-2022 fiscal year, the 29-year-old Frenchman only landed two top 10s in four giants. And he only has one last opportunity to unlock this counter before the Olympics: in Adelboden on January 8. The other native Nice skier, Matthieu Bailet, will also be followed in Beijing. The 2016 junior super-G world champion has just put in a great performance. He took sixth place in the super-G in Bormio (Italy) on December 29.
Pr Carole Ichai, on the front lines of the fight against Covid-19
Faced with the wave of the Delta variant and the announced wave of the Omicron version virus, Professor Carole Ichai will be on the front line again this year. The pugnacious head of the anesthesia-intensive care unit at the Nice University Hospital has been holding up since the start of the pandemic. Nevertheless. Lately, the specialist explained to 20 minutes that “nearly 30%” of patients admitted to critical care would present a false vaccination certificate, which obliges caregivers to be “of course more attentive”. Presented as “passionate”, “human” and “courageous” while being “modest”, the practitioner had also had to manage the consequences and the very numerous injuries of the attack of July 14, 2016 on the promenade des Anglais. A little over two years ago, Carole Ichai had also received the Legion of Honor. And Eric Ciotti then praised his “exceptional commitment” during this crisis.