US EditionWinding up in Valenciennes: Just Re-Elected, the Mayor of Valenciennes Will Have to Resign
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He was also sentenced by the Lille court to two years' suspended imprisonment and a fine of 20,000 euros.
Laurent Degallaix (Horizons), who had just been re-elected in this city of 44,000 inhabitants, is obliged to leave all his mandates. He is accused of illegal taking of interests and subornation
A new mayor will have to be elected in this northern municipality of 44,000 inhabitants.
Re-elected in March despite his judicial troubles, he was prosecuted for illegal taking of interests and suborning of witnesses. He will have to leave office at the head of the northern city.
Laurent Degallaix, who had been re-elected mayor of this northern city in March 2026, and who is also president of the Valencian agglomeration, will have to leave any current term.
On Thursday 30 April 2026, the mayor of Valenciennes Laurent Degallaix was sentenced to a sentence of ineligibility and must resign.
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