France: are the new green mayors doing too much?
The ecological mayor of Bordeaux Pierre Hurmic, July 21, 2020. GUILLAUME SOUVANT / AFP
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Lyon is the capital of cycling this weekend with the arrival and departure of the 14th and 15th stages of the Tour de France.
A great mass which does not please everyone.
A few days ago, the brand new green mayor of Lyon caused an uproar by describing the tour as “macho and polluting”.
A few days later, another shocking statement from a green mayor, but this time in Bordeaux about the Christmas tree: “incompatible with sustainable development”.
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We will not put dead trees in town squares because it is not our conception of revegetation.
By putting an end to the traditional municipal Christmas tree, the new environmentalist mayor of Bordeaux, Pierre Hurmic, probably did not expect such a flood of comments.
Because in addition to its municipal opposition, several national figures have seized the ball.
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Police of thought
” for Minister Marc Fesneau.
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Left extremism
” for LR Éric Ciotti.
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Visceral rejection of French traditions
” for Marine Le Pen (RN).
A few days earlier, it was another new green mayor who drew the wrath of the political class.
Grégory Doucet
, mayor of Lyon who breaks the codes by evoking a Grande Boucle considered “
macho
” and “
polluting
”.
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Not sure that Lyon will be a candidate to host the Tour next year.
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To read also: Tour de France 2021: dissonant voices at Les Verts for the departure from Brittany
Communication error or political radicalism?
The environmentalist deputy Matthieu Orphelin warns his friends against bad symbols and blunders.
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The anti-ecologists are waiting for that
" especially a few months from the regional.
A poll where the Greens would like to score points again after their breakthrough in the municipal elections last June.
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