Extrema derecha busca expansión en cuenca minera de Pas-de-Calais

El Rassemblement national, impulsado por victorias en Hénin-Beaumont en 2014 y Bruay-la-Buissière en 2020, aspira a extenderse a bastiones izquierdistas en la cuenca minera de Pas-de-Calais para las elecciones municipales.

La cuenca minera de Pas-de-Calais, marcada por cierres de minas, declive social y desempleo, ofrece terreno fértil para la extrema derecha. Hénin-Beaumont ha servido de cabeza de puente desde 2014, tras un período de gestión caótica bajo el socialista Gérard Dalongeville, elegido en 2001 y reelegido en 2008, pero revocado en 2009 por contratos públicos amañados y explosión de deuda que llevó a subidas de impuestos locales.  nnSteeve Briois, entonces mero concejal de oposición, vio acelerado su ascenso por la implicación de Marine Le Pen. En 2009, ella ocupó el segundo puesto en su lista en las elecciones tras la revocación del alcalde. Aunque la izquierda aún prevaleció, los consejos municipales se convirtieron en arenas de tensión, repletos de acusaciones y gritos.  nnEn 2014, Briois ganó en primera vuelta. Marine Tondelier, en la oposición, relata en su libro News from the Front (2017) cómo «a lo largo de los meses, desciende un manto de plomo. Silencia a los descontentos, divide a los residentes. Sean opositores políticos, militantes asociativos, empleados municipales o periodistas, los recalcitrantes son acosados, calumniados y desanimados».  nnPese a fuertes resultados nacionales del FN y luego RN, los responsables locales de izquierda resisten firmemente. En 2020, Ludovic Pajot conquistó Bruay-la-Buissière (21.000 habitantes), la segunda ciudad mediana en caer. Briois, reelegido con el 74% en primera vuelta, celebra esta victoria como símbolo del arraigo local del RN.

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