Editing Alpes-Maritimes (section)

== Administration ==
=== Politics ===
[[File:2T Législatives 2017 Alpes-Maritimes.svg|thumb|Constituencies of Alpes-Maritimes for the National Assembly of France. Blue: [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]]. Yellow: [[La République En Marche!]] ([[2017 French legislative election|2017]]).]]
Since the end of [[World War II]], Alpes-Maritimes has generally voted to the right. It has nine constituencies for the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]]. Following the [[2017 French legislative election|2017 legislative election]], six constituencies are represented by members of [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]] (LR) right-wing party and three by members of the [[La République En Marche!]] (REM) centrist party. Of the five members of the [[Senate (France)|Senate]] who represent the department in the upper house of Parliament, four are right-wing (LR) and one is left-wing ([[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]], PS). Of the 54 departmental councillors, 52 are aligned with the right-wing coalition and two are in the left-wing opposition.

In the [[2022 French presidential election]], [[Marine Le Pen]] of the [[National Rally]] won a plurality in Alpes-Maritimes in the first round; incumbent [[Emmanuel Macron]] of [[La République En Marche!]] won a majority in the second round.

In the 1980s and 1990s, Alpes-Maritimes experienced [[Corruption in France|corruption]] problems with its politicians, which led to several criminal convictions, including those of Nice Mayor [[Jacques Médecin]] and Cannes Mayor [[Michel Mouillot]], as well as that of Antibes Mayor Pierre Merli, criminally indicted in 1995 for a real estate scam and convicted four years later.

==== Departmental Council of Alpes-Maritimes ====

The [[List of presidents of departmental councils (France)|President of the Departmental Council]] has been Charles-Ange Ginésy since 2017, who took office upon succeeding [[Éric Ciotti]]. Ciotti remained a councillor and became majority leader.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/alpes-maritimes/nice/charles-ange-ginesy-est-nouveau-president-du-conseil-departemental-alpes-maritimes-1328555.html|title=Charles-Ange Ginésy est le nouveau président du conseil départemental des Alpes-Maritimes|website=francetvinfo.fr|date=15 September 2017 |access-date=28 March 2018}}</ref> Ginésy, who has been a councillor for the [[canton of Vence]] since 2015, has held a seat in the council since 2003. He also was Mayor of [[Péone]] (2001–2017) and the [[Member of Parliament (France)|MP]] for [[Alpes-Maritimes's 2nd constituency]] (2005–2007; 2007–2008; 2009–2010; 2012–2017). Both are members of [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]] (LR).

The coalition majority in the departmental council is one of the largest majorities in any such institution in France. Out of the 54 seats, only two are held by left-wing councillors, both elected in the [[canton of Grasse-2]]. In neighbouring [[Var (department)|Var]], the right-wing coalition also holds all but two seats in the departmental council, although it is made up of less many seats and the two councillors in opposition are members of the far-right [[National Rally]] (RN). Following the [[2021 French departmental elections|2021 departmental election]], the seats were allocated as follows in Alpes-Maritimes:

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!colspan=2| Party || Seats
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}" |<span style="color:white; font-size:190%;">•</span>
|[[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]] ||align="right"| 45
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Miscellaneous Right}}" |<span style="color:white; font-size:190%;">•</span>
|[[Miscellaneous right]] ||align="right"| 5
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Union of Democrats and Independents}}" |<span style="color:white; font-size:190%;">•</span>
|[[Union of Democrats and Independents]] ||align="right"| 1
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!}}" |<span style="color:white; font-size:190%;">•</span>
|[[La République En Marche!]] ||align="right"| 1
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Europe Ecology – The Greens}}" |
|[[Europe Ecology – The Greens]] ||align="right"| 1
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" |
|[[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] ||align="right"| 1
|}

==== Representation in Parliament ====
===== Members of the National Assembly =====
Alpes-Maritimes elected the following [[Deputy (France)|MPs]] to the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]] in the [[2024 French legislative election|2024 legislative election]]:

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|Constituency!!Member<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/|title=Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement français|first=Assemblée|last=Nationale|website=Assemblée nationale}}</ref>!!Affiliation
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" |
| [[Alpes-Maritimes's 1st constituency]]
| [[Éric Ciotti]]
| [[UDR group|UDR]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" |
| [[Alpes-Maritimes's 2nd constituency]]
| [[Lionel Tivoli]]
| [[National Rally]]
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Horizons (political party)}};"|
| [[Alpes-Maritimes's 3rd constituency]]
|[[Bernard Chaix]]
|[[UDR group|UDR]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|National Rally}}" |
| [[Alpes-Maritimes's 4th constituency]]
| [[Alexandra Masson]]
| [[National Rally]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" |
| [[Alpes-Maritimes's 5th constituency]]
| [[Christelle d'Intorni]]
| [[UDR group|UDR]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|National Rally}}" |
| [[Alpes-Maritimes's 6th constituency]]
| [[Bryan Masson]]
| [[National Rally]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" |
| [[Alpes-Maritimes's 7th constituency]]
| [[Éric Pauget]]
| [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" |
| [[Alpes-Maritimes's 8th constituency]]
| [[Alexandra Martin (born 1968)|Alexandra Martin]]
| [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" |
| [[Alpes-Maritimes's 9th constituency]]
| [[Michèle Tabarot]]
| [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]]
|}

===== Senators =====
{{See also|List of senators of Alpes-Maritimes}}
As of 2025, the department's five senators are [[Alexandra Borchio-Fontimp]] (LR, since 2020), [[Jean-Marc Delia]] (LR, since 2025), [[Patricia Demas]] (LR, since 2020), [[Dominique Estrosi Sassone]] (LR, since 2014) and [[Henri Leroy (politician)|Henri Leroy]] (LR, since 2017).

=== Budget ===
In 2011, the draft departmental budget amounted to €1.3 billion of which 498 million (38.3%) was devoted to social action and 346 million to operations (26.6%).<ref name="CG06-budget">[http://www.cg06.fr/fr/le-cg06/les-alpes-maritimes-institution/organisation-budgetaire/budget-2011/le-budget-2011/ Budget 2011], Official site of the General Council of Alpes-Maritimes. Consulted on 1 July 2011. {{in lang|fr}}</ref> Capital expenditures was just over 250 million euros (19.2%).<ref name="CG06-budget" />

In 2010, the department was the third most indebted in France with €942 million of debt or 68.4% of the annual budget.<ref name="jdn-dette">[http://www.journaldunet.com/economie/magazine/dette-departement/dette-alpes-maritimes.shtml Alpes-Maritimes], Le Journal du Net. Consulted on 1 July 2011. {{in lang|fr}}</ref> This debt amounted to 2,460 euros per [[Income splitting|fiscal tax unit]] (household) and 859 euros per person.<ref name="jdn-dette" /> The trend of change in debt over the last decade has been a sharp increase: + 440% between 2001 and 2009 and 26% between 2009 and 2010.<ref name="jdn-dette" /> There was only €43 million in debt in 2003.

=== Projects ===
The Departmental Council of Alpes-Maritimes is currently sponsoring several large projects:<ref>''Register of Competitivity'', 29 January 2009. {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
* construction of 10 residential facilities for the elderly
* building dykes in the [[Var (river)|Var]] plain
* creation of a STIC (science and information technology and communication) campus at [[Sophia Antipolis]]
* construction of 337 units of social housing
* establishment of facilities for the disabled
* road construction
* construction of schools and gyms (10)
* construction of a centre of sustainable development
* construction of the [[LGV Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]]
* creation of the ''Eco Valley'' in the Plaine of the Var which will run from the Arenas Quarter (which will be converted) to the village of Baus-Roux

The Alpes-Maritimes Departmental Council has charged 1 euro per vehicle journey in the department, regardless of distance, since 1 January 2008.