In Lyon, Doucet draws a line: no members of La France Insoumise in his executive

The left is united on paper, but the doors of City Hall aren't open to everyone. Grégory Doucet, the outgoing Green mayor who came out on top in the first round with 37,36% of the vote, asserted on Thursday on franceinfo that La France Insoumise would not have a place in his executive if he were re-elected. "The elected members of La France Insoumise will probably sit in the opposition, but they will not be part of my executive," he declared, facing an already tense campaign and a second round that promises to be a close contest, particularly against Jean-Michel Aulas.

The move is no coincidence. LFI candidate Anaïs Belouassa-Cherifi announced a "technical merger" with the Green mayor's list, aiming to unite left-wing forces in the second round. Doucet, for his part, presents the agreement as a strictly electoral alliance, with no promise of minor positions within the municipal majority after the election. The LFI candidates who were eligible to remain in the race have been integrated into the united list led by the Greens, but the message is clear: a convenient alliance, governance under control.

Doucet wants continuity, Aulas denounces

Between the two rounds of voting, the incumbent mayor asserted that he would not budge an inch. "The program I presented in the first round is the one I am presenting in the second," he insisted, promising to implement it the day after the vote. Meanwhile, Jean-Michel Aulas denounced the agreement as "shameful," according to Doucet, a sign that the alliance on the left is also becoming a point of attack for the right and center, who see it as electoral maneuvering rather than a shared project.

Another, more sensitive front: the controversy surrounding Quentin Deranque, the far-right activist killed in Lyon. When questioned about this affair, Doucet implicated his opponent, claiming that Jean-Michel Aulas had asked him, a few days after the incident, to display the young man's portrait on the gates of City Hall. The incumbent mayor denounced this tragedy as a "political exploitation" and rejected any lesson in antisemitism, referring to reports about Deranque's views. One thing remains certain: as the election approaches, Lyon is becoming a battleground where alliances are forged and broken, while the symbolic struggle intensifies.