204:. In February 1980 it was Jean-Pierre Detremmerie who succeeded Devos as mayor of Mouscron. As mayor he is credited with having attracted a large number of new businesses to Mouscron, and overseeing a sustained period of remarkable economic resurgence, which came after decades of steady decline between the 1930s and the 1970s, as the town's fortunes mirrored those of the shrinking Belgians textiles industry on which it had long since come to depend. Detremmerie's term as mayor lasted a remarkable 26 years. As he became engulfed in allegations of financial malfeasance (which he robustly contested during the decade that followed) he was succeeded in December 2006 by
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283:“On ne peut pas nier qu’il a fait des choses incroyables pour la ville de Mouscron. C’est également lui qui est venu chercher tous les membres de la majorité actuelle ou presque, dont moi. C’est en tout cas une fin horrible, qui plus est lorsque l’on a eu une vie comme la sienne”
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members of the municipal council, including myself. It is in any event a horrible end, the more so because it comes after a life such as his"
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