Mayor PS Lille, Martine Aubry, announced his candidacy for a fourth term in the municipal elections of March 2020, in an interview at La Voix du Nord posted online Thursday night.
At the head of the city since 2001, she had assured after her re-election in 2014 that she would not represent herself again, "except in exceptional circumstances". Assuring to have "matured a lot" its decision, it now considers it necessary to "hold the bar" in the face of inequalities "that have not settled", social tensions or the climate crisis. "Between the social inequalities that have not been settled, the natural disasters, the harsh international climate, we feel that we are in a period when the country is under tension, we have to hold the bar. I can suggest to Lille to go further with them, "she told the regional daily.
A true-false suspense for several months
Speaking of a real-false suspense for several months, Martine Aubry evoked for many months, half-heartedly, the prospect of leading this ultimate fight to shield the liberalism of "all hands" President Emmanuel Macron. "We are breaking France," she said in September 2018. Her future program will therefore be "socially fair" and "ecologically strong", she promises, referring in particular to housing programs for the most precarious public like students or single-parent families. He will have to make Lille a city "more inclusive, sustainable and moving," she insists.
"The changes we need to make are heavy, we need to accelerate our policies, if I did not feel good, if I did not feel enthusiastic, I would not go," says Aubry, saying she would like she is re-elected, to carry out this mandate until its term, in 2026.