Lyon: Perrin-Gilbert accuses Aulas of being a candidate who “took advantage of the system”

The left-wing candidate in the Lyon municipal elections took a swipe at Jean-Michel Aulas this Wednesday morning, who could also enter the fray in the coming days.

They share criticisms of the environmentalists' policies, but that's where the similarities end. Nathalie Perrin-Gilbert, a declared candidate, took aim at Jean-Michel Aulas this Wednesday, who is still leaving his intentions for 2026 hanging in the balance: "The difference with Jean-Michel Aulas is that I have never enriched myself at the expense of the city of Lyon. My other difference is that I am interested in all the people of Lyon, not for financial gain. I didn't pose for photos with Bruno Bernard when the arena construction (in Décines-Charpieu) was underway, saying it was great. I don't wake up a year before the elections after having taken advantage of the system. I don't hide behind my little finger and make myself desirable."

The former deputy for Culture at the start of his term defines the former OL president's possible candidacy as a "double symptom" of a void. "From the right, desperately seeking a candidate to face Grégory Doucet. From the intellectual and political void of Renaissance, which is firmly on the right, like Jean-Michel Aulas, who is not a candidate of civil society but a candidate of the right and the world of finance. He will go further in the privatization of the city and will defend the interests of the sector he represents. He is not the candidate of the common good and the general interest. He is also a symptom of our failure to lead the people of Lyon towards another model. They are so distraught that they are looking for a guide," she continues.