He will indeed have to count on him in March 2026. Éric Dumoulin, former mayor (DVD) of Chatou who entered the Senate in the fall of 2024 To replace Sophie Prima (LR) Then became Minister, announced this Monday afternoon on social networks: he will be a candidate for the next municipal elections.
The elected official’s decision is far from a surprise. When joining the Luxembourg Palace, Éric Dumoulin had passed his hand to his first assistant Michèle Grellier While specifying that her situation, linked to that of Sophie Primas, could only be transitory.
But also that the situation was perfectly clear with the new mayor. “There is not the thickness of a sheet of cigarette paper between us,” he said on Monday. As proof, Michèle Grellier, who “validated” the publication of Eric Dumoulin, will set off in second position on her list.
“I have already warned Gérard Larcher”
“My mandate of heart is definitely that of mayor of Chatou”, still justifies Éric Dumoulin who will therefore have to resign from his function as a senator.
“I have already warned Gérard Larcher (Editor’s note: the president LR of the Senate, of which he is a package in the Yvelines), he explains. I also announced it internally (in Chatou). Casually, the elections are getting closer. I estimated it was the right time. ”
Even if he claims to have “done everything that was planned” during the mandate, the future candidate will not ask for a nomination But generally benefits from the support of “the whole arch from the center to the right”.
No inauguration, little opposition
Éric Dumoulin says he “still lots of projects and ideas” for his city. Roads, landfill of networks, urban renewal, renovation of the swimming pool … The priorities for the coming years are established.
It remains to be seen who Éric Dumoulin can be opposed. For the time being, calm reigns and its candidacy may well silence certain inclinations. from all stripes.
In 2020, the current senator had indeed almost been alone in the running. The left opposition list had declared itself at the very last moment. Éric Dumoulin then won in the first round with 75.21 % of the vote.
“I hope not to find myself in the same situation as six years ago,” he looks at. If only for democratic debate. »»
