The Regional Council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté () is the deliberative assembly of the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Marie-Guite Dufay of the Socialist Party (PS) is the current president of the regional council, elected on 4 January 2016, following the regional elections on 6 and 13 December 2015.

History The regional council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté was created by the act on the delimitation of regions, regional and departmental elections and amending the electoral calendar of 16 January 2015, which went into effect on 1 January 2016 and merged the regional councils of Burgundy and Franche-Comté, consisting of 57 and 43 regional councillors, respectively, into a single body with 100 regional councillors, following regional elections on 6 and 13 December 2015.

Seat On 24 June 2016, the members of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté regional council voted in favor of a proposal by Marie-Guite Dufay, president of the regional council, to designate Dijon as the prefecture of the newly unified region and agreed to select the Hôtel de Région at 4 square Castan in Besançon as the seat of the regional council. The previous seat of the regional council of Burgundy, located at 17 boulevard de la Trémouille in Dijon, became the meeting place of assemblies of the regional council. The plan was approved with 79 votes in favor, 18 votes against, and 3 abstentions.

Election results 2015 regional election The current regional council was elected in regional elections on 6 and 13 December 2015, with the list of Marie-Guite Dufay consisting of the Socialist Party (PS), the Radical Party of the Left (PRG), and Cap21 securing an absolute majority of 51 seats.

Leader List First round Second round SeatsVotes%Votes%Seats% Sophie Montel FN 31.48 32.44 24 24.00 François Sauvadet UDI–LR 24.00 32.89 25 25.00 Marie-Guite Dufay PS–PRG–Cap21 22.99 34.67 51 51.00 Maxime Thiébaut DLF 5.17 Nathalie Vermorel FG 4.62 Cécile Prudhomme EELV 3.92 Christophe Grudler MoDem 3.26 Julien Gonzalez AEI 2.14 Claire Rocher LO 1.51 Charles-Henri Gallois UPR 0.92 Total 100.00 100.00 100 100.00 Valid votes 95.38 95.18 Blank votes 2.71 2.36 Null votes 1.91 2.46 Turnout 50.56 61.15 Abstentions 49.44 38.85 Registered voters Source: Ministry of the Interior, Le Monde (parties)

Composition Political groups The regional council currently consists of four political groups.

Political group Members Parties My Region by heart 41 PS, PRG, DVG Union of the Republicans of the Right and the Centre 18 LR, DLF, DVD National Rally 18 RN Ecologists and solidarity 8 EÉLV Communists and Republicans 8 PCF Group of progressive representatives 7 LREM

Executive Presidents On 4 January 2016, Marie-Guite Dufay of the Socialist Party (PS), who presided over the regional council of Franche-Comté before its merger, was elected president of the regional council. Despite the fact the left held a majority, Dufay was not elected in the first round of the ballot, securing only 49 votes against Sophie Montel with 24 votes and 27 blank votes (the right having decided not to present a candidate), because two members of the Radical Party of the Left (PRG) withheld their support for Dufay in the first round in order to secure vice presidencies. She was subsequently elected with 51 votes in a second ballot.

Candidate Party First round Second round Votes% Votes% Marie-Guite Dufay PS 49 49.00 51 51.00 Sophie Montel FN 24 24.00 24 24.00 Votes 100 100.00 100 100.00 Blank and null votes 27 27.00 25 25.00 Valid votes 73 73.00 75 75.00

Vice presidents In addition to the president, the executive of the regional council also includes 15 vice presidents, as well as regional councillors serving as advisers on certain policy areas.

Number Regional councillor Group Delegate for Department 1st vice president Michel Neugnot PS Finance, human resources, modernization of the administration, transport, travel and intermodal transport Côte-d'Or 2nd vice president Laurence Fluttaz PS Culture and heritage Saône-et-Loire 3rd vice president Eric Houlley PS Territorial cohesion and parks Haute-Saône 4th vice president Frédérique Colas PS Ecological transition and the environment Yonne 5th vice president Patrick Molinoz PS Youth, associative life, laïcité, innovation and digital development of territories Côte-d'Or 6th vice president Maude Clavequin PS Higher education, research and university, and evaluation Territoire de Belfort 7th vice president Jean-Claude Lagrange PS Economic development, new growth and employment Saône-et-Loire 8th vice president Océane Charret-Godard PS Continuing education, economic change, territorial social dialogue and guidance Côte-d'Or 9th vice president Sylvain Mathieu PS Wood, forest and mountain Nièvre 10th vice president Laëtitia Martinez PS Sport, equality and citizenship Saône-et-Loire 11th vice president Patrick Ayache PS European and international action, the planning contract, attractiveness, tourism and export Doubs 12th vice president Sophie Fonquernie PS Agriculture, viticulture and agribusiness Doubs 13th vice president Stéphane Guiguet PS Lycées and apprenticeships Saône-et-Loire 14th vice president Valérie Depierre PS Health and social facilities, disabled people Jura 15th vice president Denis Hameau PS Social and solidarity economy Côte-d'Or

Committees The regional council includes 5 thematic committees responsible for examining files on policy areas and submitting their deliberations to the vote of the 33-member standing committee or a plenary session.

Committee President Group Department Finance, citizenship and evaluation of public policies, European funds, planning contract, human resources, general administration and communication Alain Joyandet LR–UDI Haute-Saône Economic development for employment, social and solidarity economy, agriculture, wood, forestry, tourism Nathalie Leblanc PS Saône-et-Loire Apprenticeship and vocational training, health and social, lycées, higher education, research Muriel Verges-Caullet PS Yonne Development of territories, transport, travel, intermodal transport, ecology, energy, health, digital infrastructure, mountains, parks Jacqueline Ferrari PS Jura Culture, international relations, sport, youth and associative life, laïcité, fight against discrimination, gender equality Pascale Massicot PS Nièvre

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References

External links Official website of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region