Overview
- If their ticket wins in March 2026, Véronique Sarselli would become president of the Grand Lyon and Jean‑Michel Aulas would join the métropole’s executive.
- The accord organizes 14 constituency lists under the “Grand Cœur Lyonnais” banner with parity for heads of list and a pledge to reject any alliance with the extremes, including the RN.
- Aulas remains the frontrunner for Lyon’s city hall in polling, credited with about 47% in one October survey as incumbent Grégory Doucet trails.
- He turned down Doucet’s call for a debate before year‑end, saying it should follow official list filings and conditioning any debate on a neutral external audit of the current mandate.
- The Grand Lyon controls nearly €4 billion and key competencies such as public transport; incumbent president Bruno Bernard has not yet declared his candidacy and says the métropole’s debt has not increased.