2026 Municipal Elections: Near-candidate Jean-Michel Aulas “wants light” for Lyon

He'll go, but at the start of the school year. On Thursday, July 3, former Olympique Lyonnais president Jean-Michel Aulas made no secret of his candidacy for mayor of Lyon, a "great responsibility," while postponing his official declaration and campaign for the 2026 municipal elections until late August or early September.

"Today, I want to give back to Lyon everything that Lyon has given me, I want to give back to the people of Lyon this well-being that we talk about, I want kindness in political actions and I want light, Lyon is a city of fantastic attractiveness," he declared in front of a pool of journalists packed like on the evening of a big match .

But "you have to think before committing yourself with all the necessary energy" and "you have to be a little patient with regard to a