Angers Socialists : the primaries are not their first choice

With the refusal of Angers Socialists supporters of primaries, the current city mayor, Frédéric Béatse, looks to be the best positionned candidate for the 2014 municipal elections. if the votes of supporters are largely against the primaries (114), the number of people who have voted is tiny (159) what is a little bit more disappointing for Jean-Luc Rotureau, deputy-mayor and promoter of primaries designed to choose the best candidate for the ballot. Thousands of supporters had taken part of the choice of their candidate for the last presidential elections.

The result now opens the way for Mr Béatse and let a litlle margin of manoeuvre for Mr Rotureau : to join Mr Béatse's list, to join another movement or to take another direction. Mr Rotureau didn't said what he will do. He only pointed out that such a choice was a pity for the Angers inhabitants because primaries should have made them more operator of their city life. The big question is what his supporters will do.

If the way is clear for Mr Béatse, it is not yet a triumphal road. The opponents in the Angers city council have already started to attack his balance a few months ago ("Angers Dangers") and week after week harden the tune of their critics, paving the way for Christophe Béchu. But that one will not be the fiercest opponent of Frédéric Béatse. The economic crisis, eroding the mind of the Angers electors, will be an adversary much more difficult to defeat... And the refusal of the primaries looks to demonstrate that risk is not in inhabitants' mind.