After the swearing-in of MPs, the municipalities are in the crosshairs: here’s how the new mayors will be appointed.
The 10th legislature is now officially installed. With the establishment of Parliament, a new phase of the institutional calendar opens at the local level.
In the municipalities, attention now turns to the upcoming installation of the municipal councils and the designation of mayors and their deputies.
This phase, awaited by political actors as well as by the population, follows a precise legal framework. The designation of the mayor and their deputies rests first and foremost on the power dynamics arising from the municipal elections.
When a political party holds an absolute majority of the municipal councillors, it is up to them to designate the mayor as well as the deputies. This majority entitles it to assume full control of the municipal executive, without the need for alliances with other political formations.
By contrast, when no party alone holds this absolute majority, municipal governance rests on the ability of the parties to reach an understanding. The mayor and their deputies are then designated by the parties that together have formed an absolute majority through the signing of a municipal governance agreement.
This agreement, which sets the bases of political collaboration within the municipal council, must be formally notified to the supervisory authority.
Thus, after the installation of deputies to the National Assembly, the process of forming the municipal executives appears as the next major sequence in institutional life. In the municipalities, political negotiations, strategic alliances, and the respect for the legal framework will determine the identity of the future mayors, who will lead local public action for the next seven years.
One thing is certain: the stability of municipalities will depend as much on electoral legitimacy as on the strength of the political agreements reached. Local democracy enters its decisive phase.
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