the return of Alain Carignon tightens the marketing campaign | EUROtoday

“How did Carignon become frequentable again? » This poster of Dauphiné Libéré calls out to passers-by. A few days earlier, on February 4, an Ipsos/BVA poll published by the regional daily created a surprise: the former mayor of Grenoble from 1983 to 1995, sentenced in 1996 to five years in prison including four farms and five years of ineligibility for corruption and abuse of corporate assets, could come in second position, not far behind the left-wing candidate Laurence Ruffin, to succeed the environmentalist mayor Eric Piolle during the elections municipal elections in March. “I take my opponents very seriously,” feedback Laurence Ruffin, the outgoing mayor’s candidate and the one lady within the race.

For many right here, a breakthrough by Alain Carignon, Les Républicains (LR) candidate and former minister of Edouard Balladur, would appear like an anomaly. When he inaugurated his workplace in September 2025, round 100 folks gathered with indicators with unfriendly slogans: “Thief, fraudster” and “Carignon, money, prison”. He does not care, it slips on him just like the passing of time. “I was convicted thirty years ago [il a passé vingt-neuf mois en prison, le record pour un homme politique] and I have committed no moral or political harm towards the city”, he sweeps away, smiling.

” Fake, retorts Raymond Avrillier, the whistleblower at the origin of the colossal investigation which led to the downfall of the councilor. He is a corrupter, a suborner of witnesses. The facts remain. » To remember Alain Carignon well, he appears in penultimate place on the list led by Laurence Ruffin. “I am in favor of reintegrating offenders, but not where they committed their crimes,” he snaps.

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