As only 4 people were elected in the first round of voting last Sunday, we had to have a second round yesterday to elect the remaining 11 councilors. The liste with the green affiliation didn’t have many votes last week, so they decided that they might do better by combining with one of the other teams. Because of that, it has been a busy 7 days in “local politics” in the village. We have members of both listes drumming up support, ringing the bell and explaining why we should vote for them.
At 6 o’clock, the polling finished and the counting started. We were amazed how many of the villagers turned up for this. It was quite difficult to work out who was winning. At 7:30pm the count was finished and retiring Maire read out the results. I was impressed that 89% of those eligible to vote did so. When everything was finalised, the statutory apéros appeared. When we voted in local elections in UK, it was usually less than half that. I think this is because the Maire has a more crucial role in village life here.
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We have had another unusual feathered visitor this week - an albino magpie.
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