They dared to say it!

Shocking phrases, little digs, controversies, raw truths... The worst and the best of the little phrases heard here and there in Lyon.
“Lyon is under occupation, minus the trenches and soldiers.” Christophe Cédat , manager of the restaurant Café 203, member of the Defenders of Lyon collective, is attacking the work on the Presqu'île, exasperated by the construction sites and worried by the decline in his business.
“We have done a lot of work to protect prisoners in France. These measures have been misused for the benefit of organized crime.” Etienne Blanc , senator of the Republicans of the Rhône, co-author of the bill aimed at combating drug trafficking in France.
“I urge Mr. Bruno Bernard to change his software. We can no longer consider companies as mere cash cows,” he rages. Franck Morize , president of the CPME du Rhône following the announcements by the president of the Metropolis to increase the business property tax (CFE) and the mobility payment intended to finance public transport.
"Demagoguery in all its splendor" Bruno Bernard, the president of the Métropole (The Ecologists), is losing his temper and attacking his right-wing opponent Gilles Gascon (LR). The latter accuses the majority's policies of acting as a deterrent to the aviation leader Safran, who, however, denies this.
“Lyon is a city of incomparable cultural and architectural richness, but I am deeply troubled by the proliferation of graffiti that defiles its public and private buildings.” John Michael Solar , a lawyer from Houston (Texas) visiting Lyon, in an open letter
“We call for the voting age to be lowered to 16 in municipal elections to promote the right of minors to be heard and give them the means to protect their democratic interests.” Gregory Doucet and thirty-two other mayors published a platform to promote the right of minors to be heard and give them the means to protect their democratic interests.
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