In June 1999 JeanClaude Gaudin organized a great popular festival La Massalia to celebrate all the communities that make up Marseilles and to show the desire of thousands of people from elsewhere to be Marseillais A radiant rainbow Less than a year later in March 2000 the municipal campaign began what about this new state of mind that seemed to be blowing over Marseilles political life Does it find a translation in the political sphere How many children of recent immigration would be in an eligible position and would eventually be elected among the 101 municipal councilors
