“We have in the Region, an executive who behaves like a far-right executive. Attacking culture is what all fascist regimes begin with, ”said Grégory Doucet, annoyed by the budgetary restrictions imposed by the Region on several cultural actors in Lyon.
Comments deemed “caricatural and outrageous” by Laurent Wauquiez, who replied to him by media interposed on BFM Lyon. “What bothers me with Grégory Doucet and his far-left team is that those who don’t agree with them, they immediately call them fascists. I don’t take lessons from people like him, who are the same as Piolle in Grenoble and Mélenchon, who are currently making a pact with Islamism on the burkini, ”he retorts.
“I don’t like tartuffes in politics”
Before justifying the budgetary restrictions of six Lyon cultural institutions, which relate to nearly 2 million euros, by invoking the imbalance between the budget devoted to Lyon and the other municipalities of the Region. “Today 40% of the region’s culture budget is just in intramural Lyon. A resident of Lyon will have three times more money on culture than someone who is in Bron, Givors, Loire or Ain. This is not normal,” he explains.
“I don’t like tartuffes in politics”, continued the President of the Region, who pointed to the “extremely violent decisions on culture” taken by Grégory Doucet himself against the Opera and the Conservatory. regional. He also made a proposal to him: “Let the mayor of Lyon start by increasing his culture budget by 20%, and then we sit around the table”. Chick?
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