Overview
- The billionaire owner of Groupe Altrad and Montpellier Hérault Rugby formally announced his candidacy on January 15 before about 500 supporters.
- In a 26-minute speech, he promised to create 30,000 jobs, impose a 10 p.m. curfew for under-16s, and make school canteens free for all children.
- He said he would keep the city’s free public transport, overhaul municipal finances, and redesign traffic flows to reduce congestion.
- Altrad vowed to scrap the contentious CSR waste-to-fuel treatment unit planned on the city’s outskirts.
- The repeat candidate, who finished third in the 2020 first round, cast himself as a builder intent on dismantling what he calls a Socialist-run system at city hall.