A man holds a child in his arms, both wearing masks to protect themselves from the coronavirus epidemic - Burhan Ozbilici / AP / SIPA

In Villeurbanne, the duo formed by LREM MP Bruno Bonnell and Emmanuelle Haziza (ex-LR) for the metropolitan and municipal elections will hold a virtual meeting on March 10 in the face of the coronavirus epidemic. “We prefer the precautionary principle rather than taking risks. The responsibility of a mayor is to protect its population, ”writes the lawyer, head of list for the town hall, on his Twitter account.

We prefer the precautionary principle rather than risk taking. The responsibility of a mayor is to protect its population. Let's bring the change to Villeurbanne also in the methods! #villeurbanne #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/kGVrwL23vk

- Emmanuelle HAZIZA (@ Ehaziza69100) March 2, 2020

The Lyon region currently has only four confirmed cases of the new coronavirus out of the 200 cases since the end of January in France. The main source of contamination is in the Oise and two others around La Balme-de-Sillingy in Haute-Savoie as well as in Morbihan.

Credits of less than 5%

The form of this e-meeting has not yet been specified. It remains to be seen whether Internet users will connect in numbers, knowing that in a poll published Tuesday for Le Progrès and Sud Radio, their list is credited with less than 5% of the vote, far behind the candidate of the united left Cédric Van Styvendael , which would come first in front of those of Béatrice Vessiller (EELV) and Prosper Kabalo.

Bruno Bonnell had surprised by announcing at the end of January his candidacy for the metropolis of Lyon, in the district of Villeurbanne, within the framework of a pair with Emmanuelle Haziza, the ex-local chief of the Republicans. What divide the walkers, as in the neighboring city of Lyon, because the first deputy Prosper Kabalo, had already been invested by LREM for the town hall.

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