INVESTIGATION – Between the president of the BOPB and the city councilor reigns a climate of open war for two years.
Special envoy to Biarritz
Rifified in the Basque Country. Skirmishes. Frequent. More and more brutal. Between Maider Arosteguy, the councilor of Biarritz elected in the spring of 2020, and Jean-Baptiste Aldigé, president of the professional rugby club (the Biarritz Olympic Basque Country) since the summer of 2018, the war has become open.
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The Mayor describes Aldigé as “worst president in Top 14» ; the latter mocks her in “empress». «For her, I’m always the bad guy». «For him, I’m the villain.” It clashes in the schoolyard… However, at the start, their relationship was announced to be idyllic. We are in the spring of 2020. The outgoing mayor, Michel Veunac (MoDem), is dragging his feet to complete the Aguilera project (renovation of the BOPB stadium, construction of a training center, etc.).
Aldigé, JBA for those close to him, then blackmailed the departure of the club’s owner, Louis-Vincent Gave. At the head of the Gavekal investment fund, based in Hong Kong and with 3 billion euros in assets…
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