by Robert Spizzichino, on 2 October 2018  article de https://www.metropolitiques.eu/The-Challenge-of-a-Working-Class-City-Patrice-Leclerc-Mayor-of-Gennevilliers.html

At a time when French metropolitan governments have increasing influence on urban development, often in favor of more affluent incomers, many elected representatives of suburban cities perceive this as a rejection of working-class populations, who are pushed ever further out of the city. The inner Paris suburb of Gennevilliers and its mayor Patrice Leclerc are at the forefront of a movement to counter such development through policies and programs that benefit existing populations—and by negotiating various contradictions.