Overview
- The co-president of L'Écologie au centre and Nice opposition councillor formally joined Ciotti’s slate on 9 February at the candidate’s campaign office.
- Ciotti said the addition confirms his plan to build an open, pluralist team and praised Governatori’s “concrete, non-ideological” approach to ecology.
- Governatori dropped plans for an independent bid after three months of talks, calling Ciotti “the right person to win” and describing Estrosi as representing the “old system.”
- A few hours earlier, Estrosi’s deputy Françoise Monier left the mayor’s majority to rally to Ciotti, giving his campaign a second notable defection the same day.
- Governatori won 19.30% in Nice’s 2020 municipal second round and later ran in the 2022 EELV primary, adding recognized local weight to Ciotti’s ticket.