Overview
- Martine Vassal said she will maintain her candidacy into the second round, rejecting withdrawal and describing RN candidate Franck Allisio as an “amateur.”
- Vassal promoted her Plan Argos to address insecurity and proposed opening a casino in Marseille to generate an estimated €120 million over the mandate.
- Allisio reiterated a security-heavy platform, including tripling municipal police staffing, creating a police post in each arrondissement, and doubling surveillance cameras.
- He detailed cleanliness and transport measures such as more collection rounds and bins, neighborhood cantonniers teams, mobile cameras against illegal dumping, and €135 fines for infractions.
- Analyses highlighted a plausible four-way second round that could leave no absolute majority, potentially sending the mayoral choice to the municipal council, as RN manages fallout from Stéphane Ravier’s conviction while keeping Sandrine d’Angio on its list.