Overview
- The criminal trial opened Monday at the Pau correctional court and is scheduled to continue through the week.
- Prosecutors say that from 2009 to 2015 the mayor favored associates through public contracts and discounted transfers of municipal assets, with a formal investigation underway since 2015.
- Investigators highlight tree-trimming and renovation awards to firms with incomplete bids and prices above market rates, citing two judicial expert reports that found major procurement lapses.
- Eight additional defendants—five former municipal service heads and three local contractors—are being tried alongside Trémège.
- The inquiry began in late 2012 after reports from citizens backed by former minister Jean Glavany, whom Trémège accuses of orchestrating the case, and he says he will not seek a fifth term in 2026.