The "Paris-Lyon-Marseille" law, validated by the Constitutional Council, suits Rachida Dati

As anticipated by opponents of the so-called "PLM" law, for "Paris-Lyon-Marseille", the Constitutional Council validated, on Thursday, August 7 , all the provisions of the text aimed at reforming the method of electing members of the Paris Council and municipal councilors of Lyon and Marseille. A revolution in the voting of the three largest cities in France, less than a year before the municipal elections , now aligning them with the common law in force in some 34,000 other municipalities.

Until now, voters in these three cities cast their ballots to select a list of district councilors, from among whom the highest-ranking members would compose a municipal council responsible for electing the mayor. The latter was thus elected by indirect universal suffrage. With this new law, sponsored since 2024 by Paris MP (Renaissance) Sylvain Maillard, which will come into force in March 2026, Parisians, Lyonnais, and Marseille residents will have to vote twice on the same day: one vote will directly designate the mayor, first on a list of municipal councilors, and the other, the district councilors. In Lyon, a third ballot will be held to elect the councilors of the Metropolis.

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