Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine Conseil régional de Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
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Political groups | Majority (101)
Opposition (82) |
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The Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the deliberative assembly of the French region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The regional council is made up of 183 regional councilors elected for 6 years and is chaired by Alain Rousset.
The Nouvelle-Aquitaine regional council, created by the law relating to the delimitation of regions, regional and departmental elections and modifying the electoral calendar of January 16, 2015 with effect from 1 January 2016, is the result of the merger of the regional councils of Aquitaine, Limousin and Poitou-Charentes, which respectively include 85, 43 and 55 elected officials (183 combined regional councilors).
Article 5 of the law of January 16, 2015 establishes the number of regional councilors at 183; it distributes the number of candidates by departmental section for the 2015 elections: [1]
This number of candidates per departmental section includes two substitute candidates (article 3 of the law of January 16, 2016). [1] Thus, the exact number of elected officials per department sitting on the Regional Council will be 11 for Charente, 20 for Charente-Maritime, 8 for Corrèze, 4 for Creuse etc.
Alain Rousset was elected first president of the Regional Council by the 2021 Nouvelle-Aquitaine regional election.
| Candidate | List | First round | Second round | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| Alain Rousset * | PS-PRG-PCF | 430,659 | 28.83 | 598,193 | 39.51 | 101 | |
| Edwige Diaz | RN-LDP | 271,771 | 18.20 | 289,258 | 19.11 | 26 | |
| Nicolas Florian | LR | 186,348 | 13.71 | 214,859 | 14.19 | 19 | |
| Nicolas Thierry | EÉLV-G.s-CÉ-GÉ-GRS | 180,551 | 12.09 | 214,767 | 14.19 | 19 | |
| Geneviève Darrieussecq | MoDem-LREM-Agir-UDI | 204,467 | 13.71 | 196,894 | 13.01 | 18 | |
| Eddie Puyjalon | LMR-RES | 108,882 | 7.29 | ||||
| Clémence Guetté | LFI | 84,630 | 5.67 | ||||
| Guillaume Perchet | LO | 26,012 | 1.74 | ||||
| Valid votes | 1,493,620 | 95.43 | 1,513,971 | 95.10 | |||
| Blank ballots | 39,346 | 2.51 | 42,396 | 2.66 | |||
| Null Ballots | 32,216 | 2.06 | 35,641 | 2.24 | |||
| Turnout | 1,565,182 | 35.96 | 1,592,008 | 36.57 | 183 | ||
| Abstentions | 2,787,124 | 64.04 | 2,760,872 | 63.43 | |||
| Registered voters | 4,352,306 | 100 | 4,352,880 | 100 | |||
| Order | Regional advisor | Delegation | Election Department |
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| 1st | Andrea Brouille | Economic development, innovation and support for corporate social responsibility | Haute-Vienne |
| 2nd | Jean-Louis Nembrini | Guidance and education | Deux-Sèvres |
| 3rd | Karine Desroses | Vocational training and apprenticeship | Vienna |
| 4th | Guillaume Riou | Ecological, environmental and biodiversity transition | Charente |
| 5th | Françoise Jeanson | Health | Pyrenees-Atlantiques |
| 6th | Philippe Nauche | Tourism and territorial economy | Corrèze |
| 7th | Sandrine Derville | Finances and general administration | Gironde |
| 8th | Renaud Lagrave | Mobility | Pyrenees-Atlantiques |
| 9th | Laurence Rouède | Spatial planning and contractual policies | Charente Maritime |
| 10th | Gérard Blanchard | Higher education and research | Gironde |
| 11th | Catherine La Dune | Disability and the fight against discrimination | Dordogne |
| 12th | Jean-Pierre Raynaud | Agriculture and agroecological transition | Gironde |
| 13th | Maud Caruhel | Social and solidarity economy | Landes |
| 14th | Philippe Lafrique | Sport and community life | Creuse |
| 15th | Charline Claveau | Culture and regional languages | Gironde |
The law of August 7, 2015 on the new territorial organization of the Republic (NOTRe) specifies the competences of the region: [5]
The regional council is competent to promote: the economic, social, health, cultural and scientific development of the region, support for access to housing and the improvement of housing, support for city policy and urban renewal and support for education policies and the development and equality of its territories, as well as to ensure the preservation of its identity and the promotion of regional languages, while respecting the integrity, 'autonomy and attributions of departments and municipalities. ”The regions have managed the European funds dedicated to the regions since the Maptam law of 2014.
— Article L4221-1 of the Code of local authorities
Management of ports and airports, Regional Express Trains (TER), interurban and school road transport, roads, public bus stations, etc. The regions have become full-fledged transport organizing authorities. [6]
Construction, maintenance and operation of general education high schools and agricultural schools and establishments. [7]
Integration of young people in difficulty, training of job seekers, management of apprenticeship and work-study training, etc. All of the training competence has been transferred to the regions (regional public service for vocational guidance and training, use of authorizations, training of specific audiences, etc.).
The region is also in charge of the regional planning, Schéma Régional d’Aménagement, de Développement Durable et d’Égalité des Territoires (SRADDET or transl. Regional planning, sustainable development and equality of territories) plan. It sets the objectives in terms of territorial balance and equality, the establishment of various infrastructures of regional interest, the opening up of rural areas, housing, economical management of space, intermodality and development of transport. [8] [9]
Managing authority for European funds ERDF, EAFRD and part of the ESF. With the EAFRD, the regions become responsible for writing and properly implementing regional operational programs the regional Rural Development Programs (RDPs). [10]
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