Levallois-Perret
After failing to take Auxerre,Balkany opened a party office in Levallois-Perret. [12] In 1981,after the dissolution of the National Assembly by François Mitterrand,he ran in the legislative elections where he was defeated by getting 46% of the votes against the Communist deputy mayor of Clichy,Parfait Jans [ fr ]. [13] A year later,during the cantonal elections in 1982,he won the seat of general councillor of the canton of South Levallois-Perret and became vice-president of the general council of the Hauts-de-Seine. In 1983,his list won the majority in the first round of municipal elections in Levallois-Perret with 51.1% of the vote. During his first two terms,he contributed to the radical re-shaping of Levallois-Perret,transforming the deliquescent industrial zones or wastelands (occupying nearly a quarter of the city's area) into residential and office districts.
During the presidential campaign of 1995,he supported the candidacy of Édouard Balladur,who was defeated by Jacques Chirac. In the following municipal elections,he lost to the Chirac-supporting Olivier de Chazeaux.
In May 1996,the 9th chamber of the Nanterre Criminal Court convicted Balkany for "misappropriation of public funds for personal gain" (decision upheld on appeal on 30 January 1997),with a 15 months suspended jail sentence,200,000 francs fine and two years of ineligibility. [21] Between 1985 and 1995,he had kept three people on the city's payroll as municipal employees,while these individuals dealt only with his Levallois-Perret apartment and his second home near Giverny. [22] His wife Isabelle,vice-president of the general council of Hauts-de-Seine and city councilor in Levallois-Perret,received the same sentence for misappropriation. [21]
On 28 July 1999,the Regional Auditor of Ile-de-France sentenced Patrick Balkany to reimburse the municipality of Levallois-Perret the amount of salaries of municipal employees subject to his conviction,in the amount of €523,897.96. [23] On the failure of his appeal to the State Council on 27 July 2005,Balkany spreads the reimbursement to the city from 2000 to 2006. He also owed Levallois-Perret €230,865.57,being the interest on the debt that the judges made run as of 31 May 1995,date of the dismissal by the mayor of the municipal agents. In February 2007,Balkany appealed to Thierry Breton,then Minister of the Economy,Finance and Industry,for the cancellation of this debt. On 12 February 2007,the Levallois-Perret municipal council (now with a majority of UMP) gave its consent to his request. [24] After François Baroin rejected this request in June 2011,Balkany settled €63,684.43 and obtained from the Treasury a repayment schedule for the outstanding balance of €123,000. [25]
In 2003,the criminal court of Nanterre sentenced him to a €1,500 fine for intentionally and publicly libelling during a municipal council meeting Annie Mandois,a communist member of that council,of having used public funds in the interest of a political party or for her personal interest. His accusations of her indoctrinating children while she was a teacher were also judged false at trial. [26] This judgment was confirmed by the Court of Appeal of Versailles on 31 March 2004. [27]
Electoral mandates
National Assembly of France
Member of the National Assembly of France for Hauts-de-Seine :1988–1997 / and 2002–2017. Elected in 1988,reelected in 1993,2002,2007,2012.
General Council
Vice-president of the General Council of Hauts-de-Seine :1982–1988 (Resignation). Reelected in 1988.
General councillor of Hauts-de-Seine :1982–1988 (Resignation). Reelected in 1988.
Municipal Council
Mayor of Levallois-Perret :1983–1995 / Since 2001. Elected in 1983 French municipal elections,reelected in 1989 French municipal elections,2001 French municipal elections,2008 French municipal elections,2014 French municipal elections.
Municipal councillor of Levallois-Perret :1983–1997 (Resignation) / Since 2001. Reelected in 1989,1995,2001,2008,2014.
