Céline Forjonnel was presented this Tuesday as the top candidate for the “Nice Direct Democracy” list for the 2026 municipal elections. She advocates a project focused on resident participation and direct democracy.
Céline Forjonnel, 39 years old and from Nice, joins the 11 candidates already running for the Nice city hall. A financial advisor for ten years, she then ventured into music and the creation of citizen assemblies.
The AC! Nice association officially presented its lead candidate today. Elected during a citizen assembly, Céline Forjonnel will carry the banner of the “Nice Direct Democracy” list.
Several people put themselves forward as candidates for this lead position. She notes having “obtained 28 votes among about fifty voters.” The steps have already begun: “we already have around forty candidates today,” she indicates. The list will have to include 69 candidates in total.
Residents of Nice at the heart of decisions
The candidate wishes to change the functioning of the city hall, “priority number one is to put the citizen at the heart of participation.” Céline Forjonnel criticizes the lack of room for oppositions that “do not count, we know. They have only one minute to speak at the municipal council,” she declares. Her project aims to involve residents in decisions, especially through citizen assemblies, petitions, and local referendums.
Among the announced priorities are local agriculture, ecology, and housing. The lead candidate proposes using school canteens to support local producers: “providing canteen meals from locally produced goods.”
She also wishes to catalog vacant housing owned by the city and encourage cohabitation between young people and the elderly. On the issue of energy, Céline Forjonnel hopes to implement a search for autonomy for the municipality.
A list without political labels
The candidate emphasizes the independence of the movement: “it is a party without labels.” The program is still in development but “everything has been decided in a citizen assembly.” The topics are discussed collectively over several hours: “we really work all together,” she adds.
For the campaign, Céline Forjonnel announces a presence on the ground for what will be “a traditional campaign”, with flyers and meetings. The candidate wishes to reach out to merchants, cultural actors, and young people.
Facing the major lists, the leader of the Nice Direct Democracy group remains cautious about a possible victory next March before adding: “we can imagine it.”
