Widely beaten in the polls against former OL boss Jean-Michel Aulas, the environmentalist mayor of Lyon Grégory Doucet hopes to turn things around to keep his seat at town hall during the municipal elections in March. During his first meeting in mid-January, he promised “a peaceful and protective city”.
The candidacy of the outgoing councilor is accompanied by a range of allies (PCF, PS, Place publique, Debout, L’après, Génération. s and Voix commune). In 2020, Doucet decreed the “last mandate for the climate”. Six years later, he promised the people of Lyon to “make their lives easier” with a campaign slogan: “Live Lyon”. Le Parisien takes stock of his programdescribed as “social, ecological, pragmatic and local”.
Accommodation
To “go further” on rent control, Grégory Doucet promises the creation of a municipal guaranteeso that the municipality becomes guarantor of tenants who do not have one. While the subject of real estate crystallizes tensions, it also aims to launch a municipal home insurance “with accessible prices and for everyone”.
At the beginning of January, he announced that he wanted to reach the rate of 30 % of social housing per year in Lyon by 2040. Currently, it is 24%. In the event of re-election, Grégory Doucet would also like to create a fund for adaptation of housing to heatin order to remove economic obstacles for households. While extending the urban heat network via the connection of more housing.
Finally, during his meeting in mid-January in the “Le Sucre” nightclub, he promised an additional budget of one million euros to open new emergency accommodation places for the homeless.
Health
Concerning access to care, the councilor plans during his mandate to open ten health centers “in deficient territories” of the municipality and create a municipal mutual “cheaper, accessible to all, without discriminatory criteria linked to age or health history”.
Transport
The environmentalist mayor intends to offer ten parking tickets per year to the inhabitants of Lyon. A measure aimed at allowing its citizens to welcome their loved ones for the day.
On the public transport side, Doucet promises the opening of the metro all night on weekendsas well as the free public transport for under 18s. Measures which would be implemented jointly with the Métropole de Lyon.
Security
In terms of security, a theme dear to his rival Jean-Michel Aulas, the environmentalist candidate aims to deploy community policing, that is to say mobile police stations which would ensure “regular permanence” in public spaces.
It also proposes the establishment of a “anti-incivility brigade”with in its viewfinder “these everyday incivilities” such as “wild garbage dumps, tags” or these “people who will urinate anywhere”. In detail, this unit would be made up of “50 agents” specially recruited who would patrol “most often in pairs”.
In mid-January, he also announced an ambitious prevention and fight against drug trafficking et reinforcement of the municipal police force to increase them to 400 during the second term. Accused of lax security by Jean-Michel Aulas, he would also like to install 90 new video surveillance cameras in Lyon and create a second cycling brigade.
Construction sites
The flagship project of his second term, if he is re-elected, will undoubtedly be the redevelopment and the expansion of the municipal library in the Part-Dieu district, project costing 140 million euros. In this same area, he also promises to create a house of equality on 1,000 m2: “A flagship and inspiring place whose primary vocation will be learning citizenship for young Lyonnais. »
Purchasing power
Grégory Doucet also plans the opening of ten social and solidarity grocery stores. In other words, “neighborhood places supported by the city” which would allow you to do your shopping at low prices. In addition, the creation of a metropolitan purchasing power center plans to enable residents of cheaper group purchases.
Youth
Grégory Doucet aims toopen the municipal leisure center on Wednesdays throughout the day “with educational and cultural activities, outdoor outings, visits outside Lyon”. In the event of re-election, he also wants the City finances school supplies for nursery and elementary school.
The environmentalist mayor also promises creation of a municipal sports pass for young people. The latter would allow an immediate reduction on registration in a club, association or sports class.
