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Quinze mois après les élections municipales de juin 2020, les responsables de grandes agglomérations sont confrontés à de multiples tensions. Quatre d’entre eux en font le récit.

INTERVIEW. A Bordeaux, l'incubateur d'innovation sociale Atis fête ses dix ans d'existence. D'un rôle précurseur en 2010, il s'est affirmé dans un paysage régional de l'économie sociale et solidaire (ESS) en plein essor et vient de sélectionner 12 nouveaux candidats. Dans un entretien à La Tribune, Elise Depecker, sa directrice depuis 2015, revient sur le rôle de l'innovation sociale, sur les défis actuels de l'ESS et sur le projet de foncière solidaire de Bordeaux Métropole.

Bordeaux (France) and Valencia (Spain) are the EU’s new Capitals of Smart Tourism for 2022. Representatives from the two cities will receive the official award at a formal ceremony during the European Tourism Forum in Brussels on 16 November.
The European Union initiative, taking place thanks to financing from the COSME Programme, seeks to recognize exceptional performance and achievements of European cities in the field of tourism. More specifically, there are four categories that jury uses to evaluate the candidate cities: Accessibility, Sustainability, Digitalisation, and Cultural heritage and creativity.

The mayor of Bordeaux Pierre Hurmic inaugurated the first micro-forest of the city on a place until then reserved for car parking, an operation “emblematic” of the greening plan led by the new ecological town hall. “We haven’t been here for a long time but we are starting to break the asphalt. It is an …

The Mayor of Bordeaux Pierre Hurmic, newly elected environmentalist, wants to make an impact on housing. “In the area of housing, I want to be a regulatory mayor,” said mayor Hurmic. “After twenty years of liberal policy, there is a gap between the prices of homes on sale, which have jumped, and the residents’ financial …