The teacher had been elected mayor of Calais without outside from 1971 to 2000. The current mayor of Calais, Natacha Bouchart, praised on Facebook a “man of conviction very attached to our city”.
Le Monde with AFP
The flags were at half mast in Calais, Saturday June 11, in tribute to Jean-Jacques Barthe, deputy mayor of the city for three decades, died Friday after having left political life in 2000.
The current mayor of Calais, Natacha Bouchart, elected right having conquered the city to the Communists in 2008, praised on Facebook a” man of conviction very attached to our city “, adding:” his height of sight, his dedication deserve our respect “. She also specified:
“Although not sharing its political commitments, I can testify to the constancy of its action and its desire to serve with honesty and loyalty our good city and its inhabitants.”
“an imprint indelible in Calais “
Jean-Jacques Barthe, teacher elected mayor of Calais without discontinuing from 1971 to 2000, and deputy from 1978 to 1988, died Friday in Calais at the age of 85, announced the mayor and the local section of the party French communist.
The Communist Party of Calaisis, stressing that it had managed the city with “realism and vision of the future”, recalled its “humility, its natural authority”, its “sense of justice (…) and the ‘general interest “.
The deputy of Pas-de-Calais Pierre-Henri Dumont (Les Républicains) praised a “sincere man” who left “an indelible imprint in Calais”.