Electoral evening devoted to the results of the municipal elections of March 18, 2001, with duplex of Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), the interview of Jean-Claude GAUDIN (DL), re-elected mayor of the Phocaean city. He explains one of the reasons for his election "[...] because I did not govern in the name of an ideology, I believe that ideologies were carried away with the 20th century, but in pragmatism, reality and, it seems to me, honesty [...]". He also criticized the behaviour of the Left during the campaign.
Portrait of Marseillais Jean-Claude Gaudin, president of the UDF group at the Assembly. His rapid progress in politics and his visibility on the ground make him a man with a promising future.
Jean-Claude Gaudin is interviewed about his work, his values. Already very young, he wanted to be a politician, including deputy mayor. He is proud to be and to have been mayor of Marseille, his city, which is a demanding and important task. He claims the "consensus" in order not to displease anyone.
En visite en France pour la promotion de son dernier film, "La Guerre des mondes" (de Steven Spielberg), Tom Cruise s'est rendu à Marseille, en TGV (accompagné par des fans, gagnants à un concours), où il a été chaleureusement reçu par le maire de la ville, Jean-Claude Gaudin, et un public ravi. Micro-trottoir d'un fan dans le TGV, accueil par le Maire, qui lui octroie la médaille de Citoyen d'honneur de la ville, et bain de foule sur le Vieux-Port...
Jean-Claude GAUDIN, Minister of Regional Planning, evokes his characteristic Marseilles accent: "I cannot cheat, I have the accent that my father gave me, and even if it makes Paris smile, for nothing in the world, I would change..."
Jean-Claude GAUDIN, Mayor of Marseille, President of the Regional Council of the Provence Côte d'Azur region and Minister of the city, speaks in different circumstances, of his attachment to this city. He says he kept Gaston Defferre’s chair in his office: "It’s a historic chair but not pleasant. I didn’t want to change what is heritage".
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