Association Démocratie Écologie Solidarité

The Association Démocratie Écologie Solidarité (ADES) is a Grenoble-based political association oriented to the left and claiming political ecology. It is a member of the municipal majority of Éric Piolle and then Laurence Ruffin since 2014. The association is the heir to several Grenoble ecological movements, both associative and strictly political, and has been a continuous presence in local elections and governance since the 1970s. Its name reflects its core values: democracy, ecology, and solidarity. ADES traces its roots to the Grenoble branch of Les Amis de la Terre, founded in 1976, and to the electoral list "Grenoble Écologie pour autogérer la cité" led by Denise Andrevon, which won 9.13% in the 1977 municipal elections. In 1982, the association GEA (Grenoble Écologie Autogestion) was created to prepare for the 1983 municipal elections, and in November 1983 it began publishing the bimonthly journal Le rouge et le vert. For the 1989 elections, GEA became E2A (Écologie Alternative Autogestion), presenting the DESIR list (Démocratie, Écologie, Solidarité, Initiatives et Responsabilité) led by Geneviève Jonot, which obtained two elected officials. In 1994, in the wake of E2A, ADES was founded under its current name by a group of Grenoble citizens seeking to participate in the reconquest of Grenoble by the left after the right-wing municipal management (1983-1995). Since 1995, ADES has had elected officials on the Grenoble municipal council and the Grenoble-Alpes Métropole council. In the 1995 municipal elections, the left was represented by three lists in the first round: the PS-PCF list, the ADES ecological list led by Raymond Avrillier, and the "société civile" list Grenoble objectif citoyenneté. They merged in the second round and won the mayoralty under Michel Destot. ADES then participated in the group "ADES, Verts et Alternatifs," which had 11 elected officials including 4 deputy mayors, notably the media-savvy Raymond Avrillier, who was also first vice-president of the Métropole alongside Didier Migaud. In 2001, ADES was again part of the left alliance for the municipal elections, retaining elected officials at the city and metropolitan levels. After numerous disagreements with socialist management, ADES decided not to continue the union with the PS for the next term. In 2008, Maryvonne Boileau led the ecological list supported by ADES, which won 22% of the vote in the second round, but its elected officials remained in opposition for the entire 2008-2014 term. For the 2014 municipal elections, ADES actively participated in the birth of the "Rassemblement Citoyen, de la Gauche et des Écologistes" (RCGE) behind Éric Piolle, aiming to emancipate Grenoble from socialist politics. The large victory of the RCGE reinstalled ADES as an important component of the municipal majority, with Raymond Avrillier as a tutelary figure. In 2020, ADES was again part of "Grenoble en Commun," the list led by Éric Piolle for his second term, and for the 2026 municipal elections it lined up behind Laurence Ruffin and the list "Oui Grenoble." ADES regularly published the bimonthly paper journal Le rouge et le vert from November 1983 under the aegis of GEA until April 2010, totaling 117 issues (ISSN 0760-4580). It then became a weekly online newsletter, now titled Le Rouge & le Vert Hebdo, covering local and national political topics, including public services, nuclear energy, and municipal affairs. The association remains active in Grenoble's political and civic life, organizing and supporting events, debates, and campaigns on ecological and social issues.

The Association Démocratie Écologie Solidarité (ADES) is a Grenoble-based political association oriented to the left and claiming political ecology. It is a member of the municipal majority of Éric Piolle and then Laurence Ruffin since 2014. The association is the heir to several Grenoble ecological movements, both associative and strictly political. Les Amis de la Terre was the first national environmental association to establish itself in France in 1970, and a local Grenoble group was founded in 1976 in the context of national and local ecological and anti-nuclear struggles. On its initiative, the list "Grenoble Écologie pour autogérer la cité" led by Denise Andrevon won 9.13% of the vote in the 1977 municipal elections on a resolutely utopian program. It prevented Hubert Dubedout (49.19%) from being re-elected in the first round and began to mark the opposition between an ecological project and the project perceived as technocratic and productivist of Hubert Dubedout, who had joined the Socialist Party mid-term. Les Amis de la Terre were still present in the 1978 legislative and 1979 European elections, but at the national level the trend was toward the separation of environmental associations and political ecology movements, which led to the creation of Les Verts in 1984. In this political context, the association GEA (Grenoble Écologie Autogestion) was created in 1982 to prepare for the 1983 municipal elections. It approached these elections by forming a first-round alliance with the traditional left PS-PCF-MRG. But in a national context very unfavorable to the left, it was a failure for Hubert Dubedout, who did not serve a fourth term, and a resounding victory for Alain Carignon. GEA obtained only one elected official, Geneviève Jonot, who sat in opposition. In November 1983, GEA began publishing a bimonthly journal, Le rouge et le vert, which dealt with both local and national politics. To prepare for the 1989 municipal elections, GEA became E2A (Écologie Alternative Autogestion), broadening notably to activists from the Juquin committees of 1987-1988. E2A presented an autonomous list called DESIR (Démocratie, Écologie, Solidarité, Initiatives et Responsabilité) led by Geneviève Jonot. The list obtained two elected officials: Geneviève Jonot, replaced mid-term by Claude Jacquier, and Raymond Avrillier, but Alain Carignon's right-wing list won in the first round. During this term, E2A elected officials led actions against corruption, against the privatization of local public services, and made public the affairs that would soon tarnish Alain Carignon's name. In the wake of E2A, ADES was founded under its current name in 1994 by a group of Grenoble citizens, seeking to participate in the reconquest of Grenoble by the left after the parenthesis of municipal management by the right (1983-1995). Since 1995, ADES has had elected officials on the Grenoble municipal council and the Grenoble-Alpes Métropole council. In the 1995 municipal elections, the left was represented by three lists in the first round: the PS-PCF list, the ADES ecological list led by Raymond Avrillier, and the "société civile" list Grenoble objectif citoyenneté. They merged in the second round and conquered the mayoralty under the leadership of Michel Destot, socialist. ADES then participated in the group "ADES, Verts et Alternatifs," which had 11 elected officials including 4 deputy mayors, notably the media-savvy Raymond Avrillier. The latter was also first vice-president of the Métropole, alongside Didier Migaud. In 2001, ADES was again part of the left alliance for the municipal elections, and retained elected officials at the city, within the group "écologistes et gauche citoyenne," and at the métropole. After numerous dissensions with socialist management, the ecologists of ADES decided not to continue the union for the next term with the PS, which was opening up to former supporters of Alain Carignon, notably MM. Betto and De Longevialle. In 2008, Maryvonne Boileau led the ecological list supported by ADES, which won 22% of the vote in the second round, but whose elected officials remained in opposition for the entire 2008-2014 term. The ecologists then frequently opposed municipal policy, notably on urban planning projects. For the 2014 municipal elections, ADES actively participated in the birth of the "Rassemblement Citoyen, de la Gauche et des Écologistes" (RCGE) behind Éric Piolle, which aimed to emancipate Grenoble from socialist politics. This configuration, unique in France, bringing together only two major national parties (EELV and the PG) but several local collectives, made Grenoble a political experiment widely scrutinized by the press. The large victory of the RCGE and the refusal of alliance by Jérôme Safar, head of the socialist list and dauphin of Michel Destot, reinstalled ADES as an important component of the municipal majority, with Raymond Avrillier as a tutelary figure, even without being elected. Unsurprisingly, in 2020, ADES was again part of "Grenoble en Commun," the list led by Éric Piolle for his second term, then for the 2026 municipal elections it lined up behind Laurence Ruffin and the list "Oui Grenoble." From November 1983 under the aegis of GEA until April 2010, ADES regularly published the bimonthly paper journal Le rouge et le vert (ISSN 0760-4580), totaling 117 issues. It then became a weekly information newsletter available online.

• 2026

  ADES supports Laurence Ruffin and 'Oui Grenoble' list

• 2020

  ADES part of 'Grenoble en Commun' for Piolle's second term

• 2014

  ADES participates in RCGE behind Éric Piolle, joins municipal majority

• 2010

  Le rouge et le vert ceases paper publication after 117 issues

• 2008

  Maryvonne Boileau leads ecological list winning 22%

• 2001

  ADES part of left alliance, retains elected officials

• 1995

  ADES participates in left alliance that wins Grenoble mayoralty

• 1994

  ADES founded under its current name

• 1989

  GEA becomes E2A; DESIR list wins two seats

• 1983

  GEA begins publishing Le rouge et le vert

• 1982

  GEA (Grenoble Écologie Autogestion) created

• 1977

  Ecological list 'Grenoble Écologie pour autogérer la cité' wins 9.13% in municipal elections

• 1976

  Grenoble local group of Les Amis de la Terre founded

Left-wing political ecology association, member of Grenoble's municipal majority since 2014.

• Le Rouge & le Vert Hebdo

  Weekly online newsletter covering local and national political topics.

• Le rouge et le vert (journal)

  Bimonthly paper journal published from 1983 to 2010, 117 issues.

1. 1ADES – Le Rouge et le Vertades-grenoble.org
2. 2services publics « ADES – Le Rouge et le Vertades-grenoble.org
3. 3Les différents modes de gestion des services publics locaux « ADES – Le Rouge et le Vertades-grenoble.org
4. 4Association Démocratie Écologie Solidaritéwikidata.org
5. 5Association Démocratie Écologie Solidaritéfr.wikipedia.org