Overview

• Aulas formally entered the race under his Cœur lyonnais banner and said he will remain FFF vice‑president délégué even if elected mayor.
• The CNE found no legal incompatibility between City Hall and his FFF post but told him to recuse himself on Lyon‑related football matters and to omit federation titles from campaign materials and social media.
• Ecologist senator Thomas Dossus alleged Aulas’s holding Holnest financed pre‑campaign polls, while Aulas’s camp says he paid personally and produced bank records to support that claim.
• Aulas’s lawyers sent a cease‑and‑desist to Dossus and Métropole president Bruno Bernard, calling the allegations defamatory and threatening swift legal action if repeated.
• A heated municipal council session featured warnings from Mayor Grégory Doucet and others about using official forums for campaigning, as right and center allies consolidate behind Aulas with recent nods from Laurent Wauquiez and Gabriel Attal.