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LeMonde
5 days ago
- Politics
- LeMonde
Direct mayoral elections in Paris, Lyon, Marseille get green light from France's top court
As opponents of the "PLM" law – short for "Paris-Lyon-Marseille" – had anticipated, on Thursday, August 7, the Constitutional Council approved all provisions of the bill to reform the election process for members of the Council of Paris, as well as for municipal councilors in Lyon and Marseille. This marks a revolution in the way the three largest French cities hold elections, bringing them in line with the rules that apply to the approximately 34,000 other municipalities across France, less than a year before municipal elections. Until now, voters in Paris, Lyon, and Marseille chose their arrondissement (district) councilors, with the top-ranking councilors then forming a municipal council that selects the mayor. This meant that the mayor was elected through an indirect form of universal suffrage. But under a new law introduced by Paris MP Sylvain Maillard of the centrist Renaissance party, starting in March 2026, residents of these cities will vote twice on the same day. One vote will directly elect the mayor, who will be at the top of a list of municipal councilors. The other vote will elect arrondissement councilors. In Lyon, voters will also cast a third ballot to choose councilors for the métropole (Greater Lyon Area).
LeMonde
10-07-2025
- Politics
- LeMonde
Paris inaugurates bike lane named after cyclist killed by motorist
White enamel with a green border, fastened at the top of a post at the corner of Rue Réaumur and Rue Vaucanson in the 3 rd arrondissement. This is the very first plaque of its kind in Paris. It reads: "Piste cyclable Paul-Varry 1996-2024 militant du vélo" (Paul Varry Bike Lane 1996-2024 cycling activist). On the initiative of Ariel Weil, the mayor of the French capital's central districts, and with the unanimous support of the Council of Paris, a bike lane has been officially named for the first time. On Wednesday, July 9, the lane was dedicated in memory of the 27-year-old cyclist who was killed by a motorist on October 15. "We are taking a strong, symbolic step that will remain in the history of Paris," declared Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, during a solemn ceremony attended by several local officials and the family and friends of Varry. An active member of the advocacy group Paris en Selle (Paris on the Saddle), Varry was a committed activist who "believed, as we do, in a city freed from cars, where bicycles could travel in complete freedom and safety," Hidalgo continued. The lane "is both a tribute and a promise: a promise that his voice will not fall silent, that his fight will not be forgotten, and that his city will continue, with determination, to build a safer, fairer and more humane form of mobility," she added.
