This may be the theme that provoked the least verbal sparring. The state of the city center, a place affected by a crisis on a national scale, reached a consensus among the six candidates. Stéphan Fiori opened the discussion with a series of observations. Specifically, the fact that healthcare professionals cannot enter Avignon without being “caught because they come to care for people“.
For the diverse right candidate, it is necessary to promote accessibility by generalizing free parking. On her part, Mathilde Louvain wishes to establish an “observatory of commerciality” to avoid breaking the link with downtown merchants. According to her, “the diversification of commerce” within a repopulated urban core would be one of the best ways to combat the desertification of the city center.
When it was his turn to speak, Olivier Galzi boasted of being “the first to mention commercial land” to revitalize the Avignon area contained between the ramparts. Faithful to his favorite analogy – the municipal management of Nîmes – the former television presenter promises free parking on Saturdays, essential for “going shopping…”.
