We had to make a choice. Johanna Rolland, the PS mayor of Nantes and president of Urban France (an association that brings together the major cities of France) for a year, has chosen to withdraw from the association for the next six months in order to avoid “the slightest interference ”with her function as Anne Hidalgo’s campaign manager.
The mayor of Nantes announced his withdrawal “from any communication or public expression having the slightest interference with the debates linked to the presidential election” of April 2022, during a meeting of the association’s office, he indicates. she in a statement.
The mayor of Toulouse takes the interim
During this period, the LR mayor of Toulouse Jean-Luc Moudenc, current vice-president, “will represent the association, in particular to carry out the work already undertaken with a view to addressing the proposals of elected officials from large cities, towns and cities. , to future candidates for the presidential election ”.
Johanna Rolland will nevertheless continue to chair Urban France, “for which she was elected until the next municipal and inter-municipal elections in 2026”.