Lyon, Strasbourg, Grenoble or Besançon - several large cities were dominated by EELV environmentalists during the first round of municipal elections, Sunday March 15. A significant boost that could offer the Greens the opportunity to win important town halls in the second round. If however it is maintained.

In Grenoble, the outgoing mayor Éric Piolle, who had shown the way in 2014, garnered a large lead with around 46% of the votes, according to estimates. In Strasbourg, Jeanne Barseghian accentuated the dynamic that carried her in the polls by placing herself in the lead (27.87% of the votes). The probable rallying of Catherine Trautmann and the PS (about 20%) makes the ecologist the favorite to take the town hall.

Almost 30% in Lyon

In Lyon, Grégory Doucet crushes the competition by approaching 30%, relegating his opponents to 10 points. But the result still unknown in the metropolis, which will have the greatest powers, will in turn have considerable importance on the final result.

Anne Vignot, who leads a union of the largely leading left (31.19%) in Besançon, could benefit from the competition between the candidates LR and LREM, respectively around 23.5% and 18.9%, for the take it comfortably.

As for Bordeaux, the outgoing mayor Nicolas Florian (LR) certainly came first in the first round of the municipal elections, with 34.55% of the vote, but he is closely followed by the ecologist Pierre Hurmic (34.38%), according to final results communicated by the town hall: Alain Juppé's heir receives only 96 votes in advance over Pierre Hurmic (EELV allied to the left).

Flat in Paris

Environmentalists also record scores above 20% in metropolitan areas, such as Lille, Rouen and Mulhouse. "Their hopes are confirmed: it seems that they succeeded, as in Europeans, in attracting the electorate of the first round in 2017 of Emmanuel Macron", analyzed with AFP Émeric Bréhier, director of the Observatoire de the political life of the Jean-Jaurès foundation.

Big flat for environmentalists all the same in Paris: David Belliard did not make the weight, with about 11%. If Anne Hidalgo has undoubtedly captured a significant part of the environmental vote by reaching almost 30%, the very low score of the candidate of EELV does not promise her to be able to weigh more in the majority, if she is renewed.

With AFP

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