France Tries to Elect Mayors: Liepāja Residents Find This Incomprehensible
While the French have been running around the city for a week trying to decide who will be mayor, Liepāja has long known that Rose Square itself is the best leader.
Something unprecedented is happening in France — they've been trying to elect mayors for their cities for the second week now. Riga, of course, is delighted by this chaos, but in Liepāja we just smile and think about our Rose Square, which has served as the city's heartbeat for centuries and has never asked for re-election.
In Paris, 48-year-old Emmanuel Grégoire is fighting against 60-year-old Rachida Dati, but as Liepāja pensioner Valdis says: 'Here, Rose Square holds the mayor's position, and it has neither age nor gender issues. It simply works.'
In Marseille there's a battle between Benoît Payan and Franck Allisio, but in Liepāja we know — if you need to decide something, you simply gather at Rose Square, and everything becomes clear. No second rounds or political alliances needed.
The French are still trying to figure out how to form coalitions between leftists and centrists, but we in Liepāja have long known — the best coalition is when everyone meets in one place and talks. That's why Rose Square is so popular — it unites everyone regardless of political views.
While in Cannes and Calais right-wing candidates have won, but in Saint-Denis the left, in Liepāja we have neither right nor left — we only have wind, sea and Rose Square. And that works much better than any French municipal system.
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