Alain Carignon, former minister, began his political career in Isère. Back in the archives in 1978, when he was a simple departmental councillor, then in 1983, young mayor of Grenoble at 34, and finally in 2000, when he returned to politics in the department after his conviction and incarceration for corruption.
Alain CARRIGNON, former RPR mayor of Grenoble, sentenced in 1996 for corruption, organized a large meeting open to the public in Domène. It’s the first since he got out of prison in 1998. Interview Alain CARIGNON "The city (of Grenoble) needs to reconnect with a dynamic and I think it will be possible for those who will present an alternative... My intention is not an electoral intention. I participate in the debate of ideas, because what interests me is to reflect and to continue to express my gratitude to all those who have always expressed their confidence and who are numerous in Grenoble"
Against all odds, it was a young man, Alain CARIGNON, RPR, who won the town hall of Grenoble. Meeting with this 34-year-old mayor who is not without experience in the Grenoble region. He defines himself as "a man of dialogue", a man at the service of his city and his region.
During one of his first interventions on television, Alain CARIGNON expresses himself on the development of departmental plan of cycling routes that he presented in Grenoble: "We are in a difficult economy for a long time, we have to look for a different type of growth or go towards very serious failures".