The mayor of Lyon Gérard Collomb, former member of the Socialist Party (PS), announced Thursday an alliance with the right, who sees him fade behind the candidate Les Républicains (LR) François-Noël Buffet for the strategic presidency of the metropolis.
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The metropolis or the seat of power in Lyon
"I proposed from our first meeting that François-Noël Buffet be a candidate for the metropolis of Lyon," said Gérard Collomb during a press conference. "Today, we want a union to face the crisis and allow the reconstruction of Lyon - a union which we hope will widen in the coming days," he added.
Unique in France, the metropolis is the real seat of the Lyonnais power insofar as it concentrates on its territory the prerogatives of the department and the communities of commune. His presidency was the initial objective of Gérard Collomb who carried it to the baptismal font. But his poor score in the first round made this ambition almost impossible.
In Lyon, Yann Cucherat will be the candidate for the new alliance
In the city of Lyon alone, Gérard Collomb's foal, former gymnast Yann Cucherat, will be the candidate for the new alliance. The candidate LR Etienne Blanc, a close friend of Laurent Wauquiez in the region, has indeed agreed to leave him at the top of the list.
Favorite of the polls to conquer the metropolis, the baron invested by LREM had suffered a great disappointment on March 15, his lists being preceded by those of Bruno Bernard (EELV), François-Noël Buffet (LR) or David Kimelfeld (LREM dissident), its three main competitors in the 14 polling divisions.