Mélina Facchin, edited by Laura Laplaud 10:51 a.m., November 30, 2022

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To fight against noise pollution and the incivility that can go with it, François Grosdidier, the LR mayor of Metz defends a radical solution: close the nightclubs in the city center and move them to the outskirts.

A decision that does not please the managers of these establishments.

Should nightclubs be banned in city centers to preserve residents' sleep and safety?

This is what François Grosdidier, the LR mayor of Metz, in Moselle, is asking for.

Exasperated by the incidents which are multiplying at the exit of the discotheques of the center, he wishes to move these establishments to the outskirts of his city, to the great displeasure of the owners of nightclubs.

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"It's a horror"

"It's hellish, it never stops", launches a Messin at the microphone of Europe 1. In the ultra center of Metz, the neighbors of these four nightclubs are divided because they suffer from the noise pollution of these establishments "until sometimes 4 or 5 a.m., from Thursday to Sunday" as well as the fights of revelers "almost every evening".

But they can also find a little animation in a city that sometimes lacks it, as a local resident points out.

"Nightclubs have been in Metz, in the city center, for 50 years, and must remain in the city center", another city dweller slices.

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A more tenable situation for the mayor...

Still, for the mayor of the city, François Grosdidier, the situation is no longer tenable.

"When you have dozens of people who are drunk, who are fighting in the heart of the city, it's more than a nuisance. Personally, I want Metz to be a city where you have fun, but where you don't fear to be attacked as soon as you come to spend a nice evening there", he explains.

... much to the chagrin of the managers of nightclub establishments

He therefore wants these establishments to leave on the outskirts of the city, which obviously worries this club owner.

"If they are told 'you can go to a restaurant, you can go to a bar, but on the other hand, you can no longer go to a discotheque in the city centre', that's not good for business and it's not good for the image of a city", he judges.

And forcing his customers, often tipsy, to take the car, seems to him very unwise.