In open conflict with the former city of the city and powerful president of the department of Yvelines, Pierre Bédier, Raphaël Cognet decided to let go.
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In Mantes-la-Jolie (Yvelines), nothing goes on the right, who has been running since 1995 this city of 45,000 inhabitants. After months of more and more open conflict with his former Mentor Pierre Bédier, the mayor (Republicans, LR) Raphaël Cognet has decided to let go and resign. He expressed his loved ones in recent days and formalized him with the prefecture Monday, November 15, indicate concordant sources. “I’m going to change your life, spend the private,” he told his entourage. His departure should take effect in January 2022.
A new mayor will then be elected in the Municipal Council, without the need to call the inhabitants to new elections. Jean-Luc Santini, current deputy (LR) to town planning, is under succession to ensure succession. “He has been deputy since 2001, it’s the oldest in the highest grade, explains a close to Pierre Bédier. It is legitimate to resume the files and revive teamwork within the municipality.”
Clumpass, misunderstandings, divergences
Raphaël Cognet will also leave the presidency of Greater Paris Seine and Oise, the most populous urban community in France: it brings together 73 communes of Yvelines, including Mantes-la-Jolie, Poissy or Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, who total some 420,000 inhabitants. The name of his successor is not yet known. This is an important issue. “This is a strategic territory between Paris and Le Havre [Seine-Maritime], the largest community in the country, but also the poorest and most difficult, in an area that suffers from deindustrialization, Emphasizes the Senator (LR) Yvelines Sophie Primas. It’s a very heavy load. “
This double resignation marks the steep end of a long relationship between Raphaël Cognet, 42 years old, and Pierre Bédier, former Mayor of Mantes-la-Jolie and Current President of the Departmental Council of Yvelines, now 64 years. “There was a filial relationship between them,” says Sophie Primas.
So Member of the Yvelines, Pierre Bédier had recruited Raphaël Cognet as a parliamentary assistant in 2005. He had then made her work at the Mayor of Mantes-la-Jolie as chief of cabinet, then chosen in 2017 to succeed Michel Vialay. as mayor of the municipality. In 2020, Raphaël Cognet was re-elected up the hand, his list getting 72% of the votes from the first round. After this success, Pierre Bédier contributed to the election of his “foal” at the head of Grand Paris Seine and Oise.
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