US EditionNearly 2,200 Resignations of Mayors Since 2020, a Record: Why Are so Many of Them Throwing Sponges?
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The 2020-2026 term of office of the mayors is the one that has seen the largest number of first publishers resign. Nearly 2,200 elected representatives have thrown the sponge. But contrary to what one might think, it is not the violence that can be exerted on them that is the first reason for this trend...
Mayors have never resigned as much as during the current term of office, four times more than between 2008 and 2014, and their decision to throw away sponges is primarily due to conflicts within their council...
Between September 2020 and March 2025, an average of 40 resignations of mayors per month were registered. Why are there so many during the current term? Mayors are never so many
Political tensions are the main cause of the resignation of these local elected officials, according to a study published on Thursday, 19 June, particularly in the small communes.
Nearly 2,200 mayors have resigned since the last municipal elections in July 2020. An unprecedented phenomenon, highlighted by a survey carried out by Martial Foucault for the AMF, the association of mayors of France. Less than a year before the municipal elections, the elected representatives question themselves.
"The resignations of mayors have reached a historic level", reveals a study carried out for the Association des maires de France (AMF), published on Thursday. Since the beginning of their term in 2020, 2,189 mayors have resigned in France, or 6%. This is four times more than between 2008 and 2014.
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