in Grenoble, the left presents itself in dispersed order however hopes to maintain the city corridor | EUROtoday

Will town of Grenoble stay a bastion of the left? Less than 4 months earlier than the municipal elections in March 2026, the principle candidates have now been declared, and the marketing campaign is in full swing within the Isère prefecture. The stakes are excessive for town of 156,000 inhabitants, the most important in France to be led by an environmentalist mayor between 2014 and 2020. Eric Piolle, who had accessed the city corridor by allying himself with the Left Party then with La France insoumise, alongside associative forces, leaves the sphere open after his second time period, elevating the query of his political legacy.

A legacy of which Laurence Ruffin, head of the record of a coalition of Ecologists and a number of other different left-wing forces, denies being the direct legatee. “This is not a repeat, not a third term, we are building something new”had assailed his entourage throughout his inauguration in September. Eric Piolle has, nonetheless, by no means made a secret of his help for the sister of Somme deputy François Ruffin, a enterprise supervisor for round twenty years in Grenoble. His appointment is even tainted by accusations, by one other candidate for the place, Lucille Lheureux, deputy and early supporter of the mayor, of “pressures” of Eric Piolle for the withdrawal of his candidacy.

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