Patrick Truel, Stérin, Emmanuelle Brisson and the goat: the Brouillarta of Saturday, May 24 are served!

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On social media, Emmanuelle Brisson, the Biarrote former LR candidate in the legislative elections in the ^6th constituency of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and aspiring to the presidency of the Young Republicans, appears "with the goat." Understand with the "greatest of all times," or "the greatest of all time," as the Anglo-Saxons say. The contraction is flourishing in the digital world, often attached to indisputable personalities such as boxer Mohamed Ali, basketball player Michael Jordan, singer Frank Sinatra... Emmanuelle Brisson at least refers to Charles de Gaulle to use the emphatic expression... No, it is indeed alongside the host Cyril Hanouna that the daughter of Senator Max Brisson appears. Perhaps the word "goat" should be understood here in its other translation: the goat.

For the second time this week, businessman Pierre-Édouard Stérin refused to honor his summons by a parliamentary commission of inquiry into "the organization of elections in France." The French billionaire, domiciled in Belgium and also the financial guarantor of the BO via the Otium investment fund, is displaying his plan to influence political life in the service of a project that combines unbridled economic liberalism, identity-based aspirations mixed with traditional Christianity, and is highly conservative on a societal level. With the "Pericles" plan, he intends to link the right and the far right in the quest for power. The commission's president, Thomas Cazenave, announced that he would refer the matter to the public prosecutor. The courts have already ruled on this type of dispute, following the refusal of another political figure, the former secretary general of the Élysée Palace, Alexis Kolher. The prosecutor's office had ruled that Parliament controls the government but not the executive as a whole. So a personality without an official mandate... There doesn't seem to be much risk in mocking the national representation.

Social media is full of surprises. In the comical series, “Sud Ouest” spotted on Instagram video clips of a certain Patrick Truel, a real fake candidate in the 2026 municipal elections in Anglet. His agenda: build, build, and build, even more than the current mayor, Claude Olive! Humor (without a doubt) to be taken literally, secondly, or thirdly; everyone can form their own opinion. Amusingly, it's rumored that the author of the clips is none other than the son of an elected official from the Basque Country. As with any parody, any resemblance to actual events and characters is purely coincidental...

Francis Gavilan, former first deputy mayor of Urrugne to Odile de Coral, who has been in opposition since 2020, announced this week to "Sud Ouest" that he will end his long-term municipal adventure in 2026, after 42 years at the council table. In tracking down the person chosen to succeed him, the editorial team proceeded by elimination. It's a no for the municipal councilor and LR representative for the constituency, Henri Levrero. Nor for Odile de Coral, who was nevertheless thinking about it... Scoop reserved for the Brouillartas: it should be the former director of the Municipal Social Action Center.

A tense exchange this week at the Hendaye municipal council. The opposition makes a nice pirouette to throw a spanner in the works on the sore point: compensation. The target is obvious: the mayor, Kotte Ecenarro. A few darts right in the face of the councilor, who immediately fires back, without even hinting at moderation. First, a defense of his position. Then, the tone escalates. "I see you with your little smile. For you, it's a joke," he says to Claire Legardinier, an opposition council member. Tensions rise, voices overlap. No one really smiles anymore. In short, an almost ordinary session in Hendaye, where ideas clash... and where a hint of bad faith sometimes hovers, like a bad family meal.