Scramble to build ‘republican front’ against first-placed far right leaves many weighing difficult decisions Kheira Vermorel eyed a box filled with potatoes wondering if the sizeable spuds would be enough to soothe tensions at home For weeks – specifically since France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, plunged the country into shock snap elections – she and her husband had been at odds At the heart of their weeks-long dispute was the forthcoming ballot. Last election Vermorel, who moved to France from Algeria 35 years ago, voted for Macron. This time, however, she was convinced that it was time to give the political class a shake by casting her vote for the far-right, anti-immigrant National Rally (RN) “Politicians don’t show up, they talk, they always promise things but nothing happens,” said the 54-year-old. She waved off the widespread concerns about the party’s policies that target Muslims had learned to balance her faith with France’s secularism Kheira Vermorel a nurse who moved to France from Algeria in 1989 Photograph: Bagdassarian Alexandre/The GuardianHer French husband was vehemently opposed to the party’s hardline stance on immigrants it’s because they don’t have any other choice,’” she said Whether it will succeed or not is unclear; only after this Sunday’s second, decisive ballot will France know for sure In the meantime Vermorel had come to the market in the hope that whipping up a few of her husband’s favourite dishes might quell some of the tension he’ll remember that I cook well,” she said While the “republican front” strategy has long been a mainstay of French politics, and a poll on Wednesday suggested it may yet deprive Marine Le Pen of a majority there’s no guarantee this time around that the “block” on the far right will work it will require centrist voters to back candidates from the far-left France Unbowed (LFI) and leftwing voters to line up behind candidates from Macron’s centrist alliance “The choice we have is either black or white,” said one 40-year-old who declined to give her name “It was the only decision possible,” she said The ambiguity over whether Macron’s centrist candidates would drop out had been owed partly to their messaging during the campaign, as Macron sought to argue that France was facing the risk of “civil war” if either of his “extreme” opponents won a majority Tanzilli was swift to note that there were still elements of France Unbowed, whose leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon has faced accusations of antisemitism “The big difference is that there is no risk that France Unbowed will have an absolute majority in the National Assembly.” “The far right stands for the opposite of liberty So it’s extremely dangerous for our country extremely dangerous for our ability to live together.” Tanzilli, whose family’s roots stretch generations back to Armenia, pointed to the RN’s promise to scrap nationality rights for children born and raised in France by foreign parents as an example “If these rights hadn’t existed when my grandparents and great-grandparents arrived in France On Wednesday, even as the centrist alliance said that 90% of its candidates had quit three-way races if they were in third place and had an RN candidate ahead of them it remained to be seen whether centrist voters would fall into line one of a handful of volunteers crisscrossing the market in Meyzieu handing out flyers for the local France Unbowed candidate Victor Prandt trailed the RN in the first round by 10% Ikrame Saidi distributing leaflets for the New Popular Front Photograph: Alexandre Bagdassarian/The Guardian“It’s complicated,” said Saidi “Several people who voted for Macron’s centrists tell us they don’t want to vote for the New Popular Front.” Free weekly newsletterThe most pressing stories and debates for Europeans – from identity to economics to the environment chimed in: “They’re telling us that they don’t vote for extremes there’s an equals sign between what they consider the extreme left and the extreme right.” Many centrists argue the radical-left France Unbowed which believes traditional parties no longer serve democracy But Brian said he saw that depiction of the party as an extension of a strategy employed by Macron since 2017 discrediting those on the left while also relying on them as a bulwark against the far right “But there’s no equivalence to be drawn between a party that proposes nothing but racism and parties that have come up with a project to give people back their dignity and improve their lives.” Làhsene Hadbe Photograph: Alexandre Bagdassarian/The GuardianAs rain began to drizzle over the market in Mayzieu several people said they weren’t planning on voting “It breaks my heart to see the bad guys,” said Làhsene Hadbe born in France to parents with Algerian roots But the sentiment wasn’t enough to move him to cast a ballot in Sunday’s election; he said he had given up hope on electoral politics in the early 1990s he added: “I would be ready to physically fight against them but not to vote against them said she would be casting a blank vote so as not to have to make a choice Since arriving from Tunisia five decades ago Saida Khlifi said she had steadily watched as the welfare state deteriorated leaving herself and others struggling as the cost of living soared Saida Khlifi arrived in France from Tunisia 50 years ago Photograph: Alexandre Bagdassarian/The GuardianThe situation had left her unenthused about the forthcoming election She pointed to the party’s origin as the National Front antisemitic and anti-Muslim views had long been seen as a danger to democracy and had instead targeted migrants who had worked and paid taxes their whole lives do you think that when the [RN] takes power We unveil a new option for getting to Lyon airport Because the Rhône Express is perhaps the biggest scam in Lyon’s history the question of a “classic” public transport route to the airport has always been at the heart of the debate While there are already two bus routes that take you to the airport for the price of a TCL ticket these unfortunately leave from Meyzieu ZI or Genas Bornicat (we’ll explain the route below) TCL has just unveiled the arrival of a new bus line that will take you to the airport for the sum of 2 euros In case you weren’t aware, the people of Lyon are the most expensive French people when it comes to taking the shuttle to the airport. Costing €16.70 one way and €29.10 round trip (which saves you around €4 if you buy both trips together), the Rhône Express often leaves us with a slightly bitter taste (that of seum the word you’re looking for is “douille” a new bus line serving the airport has just been announced for 2025 Departing from Vaulx-en-Velin la Soie (metro line A) the line will serve 18 stations and get you to the airport in 40 minutes which takes you there from Lyon Part-Dieu station in 30 minutes But it’s already good news for all residents of eastern Lyon If you’re on the lookout for good deals you’ll know that there are already two TCL bus lines serving Lyon airport from Meyzieu ZI station (take the T3 from Part-Dieu) Both buses drop you off at the airport bus station just a 2-minute walk from Terminal 1 and the TGV station The difference on the line that’s about to see the light of day therefore mainly concerns the time saved on the journey to Vaulx-en-Velin which is a shorter distance from downtown Lyon Sidel | Installed for the very first time in its largest size at Orangina Suntory France’s plant in Meyzieu Sidel’s conveying and accumulation solution Gebo AQFlex® increases the uptime of their PET packaging line for soft drinks by offering a high level of flexibility to address a much diversified production range of nine bottle formats with different shapes Gebo AQFlex has immensely contributed in preserving Orangina Suntory France’s product quality with smooth and contactless product handling The French company Orangina Suntory France were acquired by the Suntory group in 2009 As the leader regards fruit drinks in the French market with 20.2% of market share value (2019) and four production sites in France – La Courneuve Orangina Suntory France bought a brand-new packaging line for their Meyzieu site mixing equipment from different Original Equipment Manufacturers including the Sidel Aseptic Combi PredisTM As nine bottle formats from 0.2 l to 1 l are being manufactured on the line for four brands Orangina Suntory France were looking for a new accumulation solution that could take care of various formats and shapes including square bottles to which traditional mass accumulation solutions are not suited “Our experience proved that the use of such an accumulation principle in which products are in contact with each other might damage the thin wall PET bottles we are using for our non-carbonated products and thus alter the overall production quality,” explains Hubert Couppey Project Manager in Operations Development Department at Orangina Suntory France flexibility was especially a sensitive issue since square bottles sometimes cause blockages when being handled with traditional mass accumulations Such blockages may result in line stoppages and impair our overall productivity,” adds Hubert Couppey The new accumulation solution also had to be able to cover a wide range of outputs from 27,000 to 45,000 bottles per hour and provide extensive buffer capacity from 3 to 5 minutes of net accumulation to secure the overall line efficiency Taking into account the great number of products to handle Sidel proposed the largest model of the Gebo AQFlex range at that time offering new level of flexibility due to the single-lane contactless and smooth handling of the products this flexibility will provide the customer with great freedom in creating attractive packaging designs with different shapes in the future another key buying factor was its compactness offering greater accumulation/space ratio compared to traditional systems and enabling an easy integration into a limited space area which was the case at the Orangina Suntory France site As the accumulation solution was quite new on the market and was based on a breakthrough design Orangina Suntory France called for evidence delegations with experts from France and Japan were invited to a three-day factory acceptance test at Sidel which also turned out to be the closing one everyone was highly convinced that the capacity of Gebo AQFlex was absolutely meeting the demanding requirements of the packaging line in Orangina Suntory France’s site in Meyzieu Easy and efficient installation with the help of a ‘twin’ solution Considering that this large model size was installed for the first time it implied a high-level quality of collaboration between Sidel and Orangina Suntory France teams To handle the unit’s modifications and start-up a twin solution was set up at Sidel’s site For fast troubleshooting a remote access was opened taking control of the Gebo AQFlex installed in Meyzieu site Gebo AQFlex at Orangina Suntory France was successfully installed in September 2018 the solution is running at a high-efficiency level of 99,5% The proven performance of Gebo AQFlex and the overall success of the project led to an order and installation of another Gebo AQFlex at Orangina Suntory France’s site in Donnery PET filling lines filling dry section Newsletter archive and information The 26-tonne D Wide Z.E. truck presented by Renault Trucks almost exactly one year ago is now being used in the Lyon area The first pre-series model of the electric truck will be used for waste disposal in Meyzieu is a variant specially optimised for waste transport – as a 16-tonne D Z.E it is also available as an electric truck for distribution operations waste disposal is an area of application for which electrification is particularly suitable Waste disposal vehicles have to drive in a stop-and-go motion with somewhere between 300 to 800 stops per operation This results in high consumption and increased fine dust and particle emissions due to rapid material wear the braking system is therefore subjected to less stress has two electric motors with a total output of 370 kW and a constant output of 260 kW respectively A battery pack with a capacity of 200 kWh will be used as an energy storage device which should enable a real range of up to 200 km the lithium-ion batteries of the electric truck can be fully charged in one to two hours via a CCS plug with 150 kW charging power renault-trucks.com I agree with the Privacy policy electrive has been following the development of electric mobility with journalistic passion and expertise since 2013 we offer comprehensive coverage of the highest quality — as a central platform for the rapid development of this technology Lyon Metropole has added an electric refuse collection vehicle to its fleet will be put into service in Meyzieu within the Lyon metropolitan area this month Renault Trucks CEO Bruno Blin said: “Electric mobility is at the core of the energy strategy we have implemented to meet EU regulations aimed at significantly reducing the CO2 emissions of vehicles over 16 tonnes.” Refuse collection is an application for which electrical technology is particularly well suited The operating cycles of refuse collection vehicles include a great deal of stopping and restarting (300 to 800 times for each collection round) resulting in high fuel consumption and significant dust and particle emissions linked to the rapid wear of the braking system As electric vehicles mainly use their engines to slow down use of brakes and the production of related emissions are both reduced particulate emissions linked to abrasion (the wear of tyres and brakes) are higher than emissions linked to fuel use features an electric engine in the wheelbase providing the interface between the truck and its equipment The vehicle has been converted by Faun Environnement who coupled a hydraulic pump to the standard interface in order to power the refuse collection system Faun Environnement optimised both the bodywork and its mass to compensate for the weight of the batteries The bodywork specialist also altered the hydraulic circuit to reduce noise levels and soundproofed the rear section to confine the noise created by falling waste to within the trailer These changes have enabled noise levels to be reduced by 3 decibels Developed with assistance from the French Environment & Energy Management Agency (ADEME) refuse collection truck is the first pre-production vehicle of the Renault Trucks range of electric trucks which is due to be launched onto the market at the end of 2019 was greeted with great applause but it was the overall defence from the entire squad that led to the comfortable win A blistering start against Al Meyzieu laid the foundations for the second win with Clodagh Clancy scoring freely It was great to see the top four scorers in the competition had three St Paul’s girls Killarney’s best loved news and advertising service Call 087-2229761 or email news@killarneytoday.com Antoine Lebrun OKA toi les grands fonds marins et les ballets aquatiques vitesse grand V Après avoir proposé plusieurs cours de formation la société Perle Events se jette à Lyon et créé la toute première école de sirène à Meyzieu Qui n’a jamais rêvé de se réveiller avec une longue queue en guise de pieds Toujours est-il qu'après avoir tenté le 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