Funeral of Gérard Collomb: the Lyonnais pay tribute to their former mayor

Wednesday November 29, Gérard’s coffin Collomb enters Saint-Jean Cathedral, in Lyon (Rhône), under the eyes of the Macron couple, a large part of the government and the political class, including former President Hollande. Many Lyonnais are also present inside and on the square in front of the cathedral. “He was a good Gone from Lyon, who liked to eat well, who loved culture, who was very cultured”reveres a woman.

A “strength of soul”

Proximity and simplicity, many of them remember their former mayor in this way. A Lyonnaise describes it as “smiling, close to the people”. In this shower of tributes, Emmanuel Macron greets a Minister of the Interior who on immigration “was right too soon”. “I know Gérard, everything I owe you. Not for a single moment, I forget that without your strength of soul, your taste for dialogue (…), I would not be here today”, declared the president. Gerard Collomb must be buried in the cemetery of Loyasse.