DIRECT VIDEO. Gérard Collomb was re-elected mayor of Lyon in the first round of voting

This is a bad political calendar. Within a few weeks, Lyon's history was in a hurry. For the first time, she registered at the Elysée Palace with the spectacular resignation of Gérard Collomb from the Ministry of the Interior, after which Georges Képénékian resigned immediately, replacing him as mayor of Lyon in 2017. Today, Gerard Collomb must return to the post of mayor. But the context has changed since his departure to Paris.

His return to business means a new period. He is officially a candidate for municipal elections in 2020. But he has already announced that he will not apply for the "Rzeczpospolita in motion" sign to achieve wide publicity around his candidacy. The beginning of great maneuvers around the metropolis, where the mayor of Lyon is no longer just an adviser.

This is how the election campaign began. On the right, the two have already officially announced their ambitions. Etienne Blanc, first Republican candidate, first vice president of the region and right-handed Laurent Wauquiez. He is fighting for the mayor of Lyon. And then Pascal Blache, the mayor of the sixth district, who says he wants to go alone on behalf of civil society. And who has not yet chosen between the town hall and the metropolis.

On the left, nothing precise. But the federation of the Socialist Party is ruling out any kind of rapprochement with Gerard Collomb. Like environmentalists who reject this perspective from the very beginning.

The extraordinary city council of November 5, which we propose to follow live, will allow us to see more subtle and moving combinations of Lyon's political game.

8:33 Gérard Collomb enters the boardroom. He smiles and shares a few words with David Kimelfeld, president of Metropolis.

8:39 in the morning: the oldest member of the assembly opens the meeting and reads the voting rules.

8H42: Laurence Croizier (UDI and related), went into the municipla commune, replacing Georges Fenech, resigned.

8:45: There is the appeal of the elected representatives. There are 70 city councilors present. The quorum, set at 37 selected, is reached.

8:54: Gérard Collomb officially submits his candidacy under the required conditions.

8:55: centrist Denis Broliquier, mayor of the second district, in turn running for the post of mayor.

8h 57: There are two candidates. Specified that the candidates are not accompanied by any debate or explanation of how to vote.

9h 02: nominal call of elected representatives, each of whom votes in turn

9:22. The voting is over. Several opposition politicians, including Dominique Nachura and Stéphane Guilland (Les Républicains), did not take part in the vote.

9:27: Counting is in progress.

9:33 am: counting ends.

9:42: Gerard Collomb is re-elected mayor of Lyon by an absolute majority of votes. He got 41 votes.

9:43 Denis Broliquier, the central mayor of the 2nd Lyon district, won 8 votes.

9:45:59 voters. 13 abstentions and 10 votes were cast without a vote.

9:46: Gérard Collomb thanks Georges Képénékian who gave him the place and David Kimelfeld, the president of Métropole de Lyon.

9:47: G. Collomb: "Our majority is diverse, but we have the same desire to pursue a general interest (…)"

9.50: G. Collomb: "Thanks to David Kimelfeld, cooperation will not be difficult." The city of Lyon represents the heart of our metropolis, but the borders do not end in the district (…) We will work calmly with the desire to build our city more actively. "

9:54: G. Collomb: "I spent my whole life in Lyon not because of the immoderate taste of power, but because I had to wear a vision (…) We run a city construction project in which the city is happy that we can live together, a lot we are talking about "living together." But we do not build too much in reality, we must pay attention to the Other. "

9:59: G. Collomb: "Climate challenge: we must make our mobility even more carbon-free (…) We will be able to invest EUR 1.9 billion in future public transport with easy services (… ) We must go further with our public transport. "

10.02: G. Collomb defends the "more vegetated city", "reforms of distribution channels and shortages".

10h07: G. Collomb: "We have a majority in the service of Lyon, serving Lyon for the next 18 months." The end of a very acclaimed speech.

10:09: Christophe Boudot speaks on behalf of the National Rally. It is the irony of Gerard Collomb's return to Lyon since his resignation from the Ministry of the Interior.

10:12: He greets the vision of the Interior Minister when he handed over the lost districts of the Republic. "You told the truth, violence gave way to hyperventivation, communism became an encystron."

10h19: Nathalie Perrin Gilbert, the Divers left of the first district, condemns the "power comedy and the simulation of democracy" of these elections. He explains why Gerard Collomb should not have represented: "You took all the seats and functions that matter with the Republic." He condemns his "confiscatory logic" of power.

10:23: Nathalie Perrin-Gilbert addresses David Kimelfeld: "The mayor of Lyon is not ready to leave the metropolis he has already written."

10:26: Denis Broliquier, the center mayor of the second district, the only rival declared to Gerard Collomb. On behalf of the "Independent", he speaks about the lack of transparency in the vote: "The fear of repression dominated these elections."

10:30: "The passage under the evil of the Republic changed your head (…) The conditions of your return did not bode well for our city … We are afraid of your authoritarian return to Lyon" (…) It is going to have to decentralize. You did nothing to fix it. "

10:36: Stéphane Guilland speaks on behalf of the opposition group Les Républicains "Together for Lyon". He expresses the "absurd sketch" of the fourth election of Gérard Collomb & "39:" You played with the institutions of the republic. "

10H44: Stéphane Guilland emphasizes the contradictions of Gérard Collomb & # 39; and in his management of the "small arm" and "promises in the air" during subsequent mandates. "We can not, in politics, say anything and do the opposite …"