Violette Spillebout, candidate (LREM) at the town hall of Lille. — Sarah Alcalay / SIPA
- After the first round of municipal elections on 15 march, there remain three candidates for mayor of Lille, Martine Aubry (PS), Stéphane Baly (EELV) and Violette Spillebout (LREM).
- Finish in 3rd position with 17.5 % of the votes cast, Violette Spillebout been an outsider.
- The candidate wants to “free up initiatives” and ” loosening the constraints felt by today’s craftsmen and merchants.”
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She wants to embody a “new offer” policy. The former chief of cabinet of Martine Aubry, Violette Spillebout, became his political opponent in this
election. Invested by the presidential party (LREM), she hopes to bring together the voices of the opponents of the mayor of
Lille during the second round of the
municipal debunk. But with 17.5% in the first round, on 15 march, is an arduous task.
That has changed the containment in the campaign ?
We have seen inequality widen between small businesses and large, between people who don’t have jobs and the employees. The 170 measures we propose are not new, but the environment that we have placed priorities on access to the care and protection of the most fragile.
What will be your guideline if you are elected ?
We want to liberate the initiatives. A lot of solidarity are manifested in all areas in recent weeks. The town hall must be at the service of entrepreneurship. It is necessary to relax the constraints felt by today’s artisans and merchants of this city.
What will be your measure the most iconic ?
The first measure that we will put in place, it is the” accessibus “. It is a vehicle which will go in front of people, in all districts, in order to facilitate the administrative procedures.
How do you approach the second round ?
We are in the setting of post-crisis. The government has had a difficult job that he has done well. We feel a historic moment for Lille. Change is possible, and I embodied this new policy. II is necessary to mobilize voters, even if it is difficult in the current conditions. Some people don’t even know yet the date of the second round.
Precisely, how would you analyze the abstention very high in the first round ?
Twenty years of power of the mayor have removed the inhabitants of Lille to the policy. Martine Aubry is too clivante. In its first mandates, it was able to restore a dynamic in the neighborhoods, but today, this breath is cut off.
That is what will make the election ?
It’s the personality. The municipal is a mark of attachment of voters to their mayor. However, his score, less than 30 %, indicates that it is rejected. There has been a break during the last term. She ruled authoritatively, particularly on issues such as the traffic plan and the rhythms of education.
According to you, what is the main black point of the city ?
It took a lot of delay on the ecological transition, soft mobility and zero waste. By the way, I’m going to make the traffic in Lille a priority. The traffic plan will be changed, as it is a non-sense, and the symbol of an opposition between pedestrians, cyclists and motorists.
This may give a larger place to the car…
No, the project of pedestrianization of the city centre and the Vieux-lille, we suggest, must, on the contrary, reduce this place out of the car. But it is necessary to offer an alternative to height. For example, there are not enough stations V Lille Wood-White for companies like Euratechnologie. Ditto the Lille-Sud for the population. We will work with the metropolis of Lille on the subject.
How do you plan to work with the metropolis which includes a lot of skills that have more cities ?
The city should not be alone and isolated in the face of the metropolis. However, the contempt of Lille vis-à-vis small towns sometimes led to isolation. I have good relations with Gérald Darmanin [réélu maire de Tourcoing] and William Delbart [actuel maire de Roubaix]. These are new faces and they have good relations with the State. It is important to move issues forward. There should be better agreement between the four major municipalities that are Lille, Roubaix, Tourcoing and Villeneuve d’ascq.
What are you going to lead differently the town hall ?
I don’t want to be caught up by the technocracy. I am committed to be the half of the time outside the town hall to stay connect with the population. To do this, he must know how to delegate his authority to councillors.
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