Guest of the morning of Europe 1, Saturday morning, the mayor EELV of Lyon, Grégory Doucet, returned to the budget voted Thursday in his city, which provides for significant investments in ecology, in a context of worrying progress of the Covid-19 epidemic.  

INTERVIEW

The Covid-19 epidemic is progressing everywhere in France and in particular in the Rhône, where restrictions comparable to those decided in Île-de-France and in Hauts-de-France officially come into force this weekend.

Measures to which the mayor of Lyon, Grégory Doucet, said he was in favor on Saturday morning on Europe 1, judging that it was "obviously essential to curb" the virus.

However, the health situation, as tense as it is, should not be the only subject of political action in the eyes of the city councilor. 

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"Should we forget all the other questions?"

This is why the city of Lyon declared the climate emergency on Thursday and adopted a budget providing for investing 1.2 billion euros over five years, mainly in areas related to ecology, explains Grégory Doucet. .

"Of course now is the time. Should we close schools, stop working because we are in a health crisis? No. Should we forget all the other issues we are facing right now? Of course not."

Responding to the call of the UN Secretary General, who in December invited all political leaders in the world to declare a state of climate emergency until carbon neutrality is achieved, the mayor of Lyon therefore believes that it was necessary to "act quickly".

"A municipality, when it votes an investment budget, it gives a trajectory. (…) We were not going to wait, of course, to be out of the health crisis to get involved on the climate front." 

2,000 people vaccinated per day next week in Gerland

On the vaccination front, "the Prime Minister guaranteed me that, in the Rhône department, we would have more doses of vaccine made available to intensify the campaign," said Grégory Doucet.

"The delay was glaring a few weeks ago, it has been gradually caught up," said the city councilor.

The metropolis is also getting organized to ramp up, "in particular on the large vaccination center that we have set up at the Gerland Sports Palace which will, from the end of next week, be able to vaccinate 2,000 people per day", according to the report. Mayor of Lyon.

"Now, of course, vaccine manufacturers must follow and especially deliveries follow."