{"id":17299,"date":"2026-01-22T20:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T18:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/lamarseillaise\/news\/?p=17299"},"modified":"2026-01-27T08:38:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T06:38:34","slug":"cecile-helle-officialise-son-soutien-a-david-fournier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/lamarseillaise\/news\/2026\/01\/22\/cecile-helle-officialise-son-soutien-a-david-fournier\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c0 Avignon, C\u00e9cile Helle officialise son soutien \u00e0 David Fournier"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph\">\n<p>Depuis un peu plus de deux semaines, la chose \u00e9tait entendue. Il ne manquait plus que le jour et la forme de l\u2019officialisation\u00a0: \u00e0 Avignon, la maire sortante C\u00e9cile Helle (PS), qui a renonc\u00e9 \u00e0 briguer un 3<sup>e<\/sup>\u00a0mandat, a officialis\u00e9 son soutien \u00e0 David Fournier (PS), pour tenter de lui succ\u00e9der. \u00ab\u00a0<i>C<\/i><i>elui qui incarne aujourd\u2019hui le rassemblement et surtout la continuit\u00e9 de l\u2019action qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 conduite, c\u2019est David Fournier<\/i>\u00a0\u00bb, annonce la premi\u00e8re magistrate dans <i>La<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>Provence<\/i>. Un appui en forme presque de service minimum, qui s\u2019est d\u00e9cant\u00e9 en ce d\u00e9but d\u2019ann\u00e9e. \u00ab<i>\u00a0<\/i><i>Ce mois-ci, il y a eu une clarification dans mon camp<\/i>\u00a0\u00bb, expose C\u00e9cile Helle. \u00c0 <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lamarseillaise.fr\/politique\/choc-a-gauche-joel-peyre-se-retire-de-la-course-aux-municipales-a-avignon-AN19411919\" target=\"_blank\">savoir le renoncement de Jo\u00ebl Peyre (PRG), \u00e9lu aux finances<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ce revirement dans la campagne \u00e0 gauche laisse le champ libre \u00e0 David Fournier dans la majorit\u00e9. D\u00e9j\u00e0, au lendemain de l\u2019annonce de Jo\u00ebl Peyre<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lamarseillaise.fr\/politique\/cecile-helle-dresse-le-portrait-chinois-de-son-successeur-CN19416488\" target=\"_blank\">, C\u00e9cile Helle avait\u00a0&#8211; sans encore le nommer\u00a0&#8211; d\u00e9sign\u00e9 David Fournier.<\/a> \u00ab<i>\u00a0<\/i><i>Je suis membre du PS, il n\u2019y aura pas de surprise dans la mani\u00e8re de me positionner<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i>\u00bb, nous confiait-elle \u00e0 l\u2019issue de sa premi\u00e8re c\u00e9r\u00e9monie de v\u0153ux.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"intext\"> \u00ab\u00a0Int\u00e9r\u00eat g\u00e9n\u00e9ral et loyaut\u00e9\u00a0\u00bb\n              <\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph\">\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0<i>C\u2019est un soutien important, dont je suis tr\u00e8s fier et me donne encore plus de responsabilit\u00e9s \u00e0 aller dans le sens du rassemblement<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i>\u00bb, r\u00e9agit David Fournier, aupr\u00e8s de <i>La<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>Marseillaise<\/i>. L\u2019actuel adjoint \u00e0 l\u2019administration g\u00e9n\u00e9rale n\u2019a aucun souci \u00e0 assumer le bilan\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0<i>Je suis comptable des actions de la majorit\u00e9, fier qu\u2019on ait r\u00e9tabli les finances de la Ville, instaur\u00e9 la gratuit\u00e9 de la garderie, des activit\u00e9s p\u00e9riscolaires ou des r\u00e9novations d\u2019\u00e9cole.<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i>\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Lors d\u2019un conseil municipal, en d\u00e9cembre\u00a02023, il avait salu\u00e9 le travail de C\u00e9cile Helle, \u00ab\u00a0<i>bienfaitrice d\u2019Avignon<\/i>\u00a0\u00bb. Si, aujourd\u2019hui, ce soutien sonne comme une \u00e9vidence, cela ne l\u2019\u00e9tait pas au d\u00e9part. Dans <i>La<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>Provence<\/i>, C\u00e9cile Helle admet qu\u2019elle aurait pu appuyer \u00ab<i>\u00a0<\/i><i>un autre candidat s\u2019il avait incarn\u00e9 le rassemblement \u00e0 gauche<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i>\u00bb. Notamment Jo\u00ebl Peyre, \u00ab\u00a0<i>qui avait assur\u00e9ment les qualit\u00e9s pour incarner ce rassemblement<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i>\u00bb, reconnaissait-elle d\u00e9but janvier.<\/p>\n<p>Si David Fournier aime \u00e0 confier qu\u2019il conna\u00eet C\u00e9cile Helle depuis les ann\u00e9es lyc\u00e9es, \u00ab\u00a0<i>quand en 1986, elle \u00e0 Aubanel et moi \u00e0 Mistral, on manifestait contre la loi Devaquet<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i>\u00bb, les deux socialistes ont aussi \u00e9t\u00e9 en concurrence. Mich\u00e8le Fournier-Armand, m\u00e8re de David, alors d\u00e9put\u00e9e, s\u2019\u00e9tait positionn\u00e9e pour briguer la Ville aux municipales 2014 avant de soutenir C\u00e9cile Helle. \u00ab\u00a0<i>Loyaut\u00e9 et int\u00e9r\u00eat g\u00e9n\u00e9ral nous ont toujours guid\u00e9s<\/i>\u00a0\u00bb, conclut David Fournier.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Depuis un peu plus de deux semaines, la chose &eacute;tait entendue. 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