2026 Municipal Elections. Aulas' Candidacy in Lyon: Former MP Thierry Braillard Will Support "No One"

This time, it's definitely underway. The municipal election campaign in Lyon promises to be complicated, with its share of "fake news," as an American president would say.

The latest: Thierry Braillard's support for Jean-Michel Aulas, announced by La Tribune Dimanche this morning. Speaking of the business leader, the Sunday newspaper read: "He also has the support of former minister (left-wing radical) Thierry Braillard." This "information" put the independent candidate in the position of a unifier in Lyon.

But this "information" was denied by the person primarily concerned – Thierry Braillard – whom we were able to contact this morning. "I do not support Jean-Michel Aulas, just as I will not be a candidate on any list whatsoever. I do not support anyone," the lawyer insisted.

It is true that the partnership, if one can call it that, looked fragile after the LR's rallying to the former president of OL. The photo of Jean-Michel Aulas all smiles next to Laurent Wauquiez (the big winner of this political week) risks cooling the elected representatives of the center-left and opening the door a little more to Georges Képénékian and Nathalie Perrin-Gilbert . And complicating a " grand alliance » going from right to center left.