Le Figaro Lyon
The reaction of Grégory Doucet, the environmentalist mayor of Lyon, after the spraying of a glass canvas of Monet on Saturday by two environmental activists, is difficult to pass into the opposition.
In a tweet published in the wake of the “Food Response” action, the environmentalist councilor said he
“regretted the action”
carried out at the Museum of Fine Arts in Lyon while believing that
“faced with the climate emergency, anxiety is legitimate.”
We are responding with resolute action
,” he added.
“When we attack culture, there is no yes but”
Insufficient for the entire local opposition.
“
Two unacceptable acts were committed yesterday.
The first is the attack on a new work of art by activists who do not understand the scope of their actions.
The second is its justification by Grégory Doucet who demonstrates that he does not understand his mission
,” tackled the former deputy for Culture and mayor of Lyon PS then LREM, Georges Képénékian.
“
The “at the same time” of the extreme left.
I ask the mayor of Lyon for a clear condemnation (…) Shame on the environmentalists who, under the cover of “civil disobedience
”,
attack our cultural heritage.
The radicalization of environmental activists day after day is particularly worrying
,” wrote Mayor LR of the 2nd arrondissement Pierre Oliver on X (ex-Twitter).
Former elected official of Gérard Collomb's majority, Charles-Franck Levy estimated that "
when we attack the culture, the heritage of our city, our common good... there is no yes but"
.
Lyon lawyer Alain Jakubowicz, also former president of Licra, who has regularly taken a position against the local environmentalist majority for several months, described Grégory Doucet as a “
Covid mayor who regrets but does not condemn”
.
A complaint and support
Several elected officials also came to support the mayor of Lyon such as the Rhône senator Thomas Dossus: “
Far-right activists are committing racist knife attacks in Lyon.
Environmental activists carry out symbolic action in a museum in Lyon.
Guess what cause is outrageous to the Lyon opposition and on which there is total silence on their part?
»
The Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon announced on Saturday the filing of a complaint after the sprinkling of Monet's “Spring”.
Lyon town hall has also filed a complaint, announced the deputy for Culture, Nathalie Perrin-Gilbert, on her Facebook page.
Displaying in passing a clear disapproval of the mode of action of “Food Response”: “
By opposing our common, cultural and natural goods, these young activists are fighting the wrong fight
”.
The representative of the Lyon en commun group also indicated that “it
is not impossible that liquid was inserted behind the protective glass
”.
Analyzes are underway to find out if the painting was damaged by the soup.
The results are expected at the start of the week.
The 19th century setting is currently being restored.