Editing Alpes-Maritimes (section)

==== 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
|}