Jean-Rene Etchegaray has won in Bayonne and will face Jean-Claude Iriart in the second round
Jean-René Etchegaray, mayor of Bayonne.
Most of the municipalities in the French Basque Country have a new lawsuitbecause this Sunday the municipal electionstook place. Lapurdi In thecapital city of Bayonne, the counts have been longer than in small towns.
In the end, Jean-Rene Etchegaray has won, but in the second round he will face Jean-Claude Iriart , and then 0 will clarify who will be the contender.
Mayor Etchegaray has been inpower since 2014. His goal is to be in power for the third time, a challenge he will face next Sunday with a wide center-right list.
We will have to seewhat kindof alliances are formed for the second round of . Also, as President of the College of Basque Urban Centres (EHE), 22 Marchwill be an important day to know what will happen to this position.
In the labour capital , 30 polling stations have been open all day, and participation has reached 66%.
In particular, in most of the 158 municipalities this first roundis enough to give names and surnames to the councillors of of the houses of the villages, just because there have been only one or two candidates, so most of them will not need a second round, because today everything has been decided.
On the other hand,in certain localities will have to go to the second round, on the 22nd, as one of these candidates has not exceeded 50% support today.
From Town Hall to College
The votes in the village houses have a supramunicipal significance, as this determines therepresentation of the Basque Urban College (EHE).
The fact is that although there are 160 municipalities, there are 232 seats in the College, because it depends on the population, and there are several villages with more than one representative, such as Bayona, which has 22 representatives.
The College of Basque Urban Centres, established in 2017 and the first public institution in the French Basque Country, would be an equivalent body to the Basque Parliament, although with fewer competences, and currently has competence in economic development, transport, environment and education policies, and some believe that the main challenges of the new College will be precisely to increase them, while others believe that it is sufficient and excessive.
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