Again this September 8, the traditional Ecu presentation will take place without the mayor of Lyon. Like last year, Grégory Doucet will not attend the
Wish of the Aldermen . The politician will remain on the forecourt of the Basilica of Fourvière, from where he will speak at the end of the ceremony for the blessing of the city.
Concerned about secularism, the environmentalist mayor remains against the tide of his predecessors. Every September 8, since Louis Pradel in 1970, tradition wanted the mayor of Lyon to hand over the Gold Ecu to the Primate of Gaul to thank the Virgin for having protected the Lyonnais from the plague in 1643, during ‘a religious ceremony.