“Here, it is the collective that designates his head from the list”: a candidate for the City of Grenoble will be chosen by Plebiscite

It is an unprecedented list that is born in Grenoble for the municipal elections of 2026. Grenoble Alpes Collective (GAC) does not yet have a candidate to carry its program. We will have to wait until November 15 to find out who the citizens of the group will look for the mayor of the capital of the Alps. Because yes, it is a popular designation, a vote before the vote called “citizen citizen” that was launched by these activists.

Little Banal, the method allows people who live, work, study or are committed to Grenoble to choose personalities “that feel far from politics, such as the realization of traditional parties,” he explained on the group’s website. Thanks to this process, the GAC intends to get motivated candidates, not for individual desires and professional ambitions.

A political world too blocked

“We really have the impression that the world of politics is too blocked, with many games of powers. We want to give power to everyone,” said Thomas Simon, spokesman for The Grenoble. He adds to have the deep conviction that “everyone can be chosen and that skills can be acquired during the mandate, especially if it is well accompanied.”

Thomas Simon admits, however, that his group was largely inspired by other initiatives. Like the Archipel Citizens Movement in Toulouse, during the municipal elections of 2020. But also of the current mayor of Poitiers, Léonore Moncoond’hu had won the elections with its collective group. “The objective is to expand the panel of potential candidates as much as possible to the City of Grenoble. Here, it is the collective that designates its head of the list,” explains its representative.

Gac claims to be a list of citizens that entails values ​​”such as popular ecology, anti -racism, the defense of minorities, strong solidarity and the ability to experience direct democracy on the scale of a city like Grenoble.”

The pulbiscite citizen ends on November 15. In the process, the fifty most popular people will have to participate in a weekend of integration. From November 17 to December 6, they will enter an internal campaign. And on December 7, White Smoke, the candidate will be officially appointed.