After the threats, the act. For the past month, Valérie Pécresse, president of the Île-de-France region, has claimed that she will not pay the July deadline to RATP and SNCF (Transilien). Not by ill will but because the health crisis has drained the Île-de-France Mobilités funds. The organization is thus short of cash.
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"Today, the losses are abysmal for all public transport , said mid-June, who is also president of Île-de-France Mobilités. We have 2.6 billion losses just for Ile-de-France. ” 1.6 billion comes from the fall in passenger revenues. Another billion has evaporated with the decline in mobility payments paid by Ile-de-France companies. To fill this gap, one solution would be to increase the Navigo card by 20 euros per month. But no elected official wants to take such an unjust and unpopular measure.
Suddenly, the board of directors of Île-de-France Mobilités, which meets Wednesday, will
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