Gérard Collomb, mayor of Lyon and candidate for the metropolis, visited on April 30 a workshop manufacturing masks. - AFP

“In emergency situations, we realize that decentralization is good. The mayor of Lyon Gérard Collomb (LREM) underlines the important role of local authorities in managing the coronavirus crisis. "Fortunately, the local elected officials were there to get masks. Without [them], we would not have been able to cope, ”says the mayor of Lyon in the columns of the Journal du Dimanche .

The former member of the government of Edouard Philippe denounces the government's back and forth about the protective masks. "The government has been caught off guard, asserts Gérard Collomb. I hope that for the tests, [he] will be there. I hope it will also be the case for the brigades set up to trace people who could have been contaminated. "

Wearing a mandatory mask in certain areas of Lyon

Gérard Collomb, in a bad position at the end of the first round of the March elections where he sought out for LREM the presidency of the metropolis, however evokes "a certain wisdom" in the intervention of Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on Tuesday. He also judges that Emmanuel Macron “has changed his tone. We all become wise in trials. "

"I would like to make it compulsory [to wear a mask] in markets and multimodal hubs, such as around the Part-Dieu train station, pedestrian areas, shopping areas and the banks of the Rhône", says Gérard Collomb . 1.5 million alternative “general public” masks have been ordered by the town hall of Lyon. They will be available "in three weeks." "

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  • LREM
  • Edouard Philippe
  • Emmanuel Macron
  • Confinement
  • Gérard Collomb
  • Coronavirus
  • Lyon