“I am discussing ideas to change the city”: MP François Piquemal releases a book on Toulouse

“This is not an exhaustive program for the city,” warns François Piquemal. The LFI deputy for the 4th constituency of Haute-Garonne announced, this Tuesday, the release of his book of around a hundred pages, And in the middle flows the Garonnewhich will be published this Friday, November 8 by Arcane 17. The parliamentarian explores the transformation of the city; what he finds very endearing, “like creolization”. “It’s a river city,” he adds. “Many subjects can be addressed based on this observation: the management of water, housing, the right to the city…”

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Throughout the pages, the chosen one slips in a few allusions to different personalities who make the Pink City shine, from the famous Bigflo and Oli to the forgotten Marianne Noire. François Piquemal, whose municipal ambitions are no longer in doubt, also takes a harsh look at “a city behind on many subjects, notably the ecological transition”. According to him, Jean-Luc Moudenc, the mayor of Toulouse, does not have “enough ambition”. “This book is neither an assessment nor a program, but an invitation to consider avenues for the future and to reflect on desirable changes in the long term,” specifies the elected official.

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With this publication, François Piquemal advances a new milestone in his quest for the Capitol. “In Toulouse, we love an aperitif; this book is a sort of appetizer,” he slips, evasively.

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The first public presentation of the book will take place on Saturday November 23 at 4 p.m. at Mamagayo, located at 46, place Anatole France, in Toulouse.