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"Public expenditure: State and local authorities must learn to say 'no'"

2020-09-04T18:03:11.790Z


TRIBUNE - How to explain the dilapidation of many public facilities in France, when our compulsory deductions are among the highest in industrialized countries ?, asks Jean-Loup Bonnamy, associate of philosophy.


A former student of the École normale supérieure, Jean-Loup Bonnamy is a specialist in political philosophy.

Frequenting the platforms of the Gare de l'Est in Paris is rich in lessons.

This is where the P line of the Transilien (connecting the Aisne and Seine-et-Marne to the capital) starts.

Like many others, this line is used by tens of thousands of users who live in the suburbs or in peripheral France and work in Paris.

However, the operation of this Transilien is far from what one would expect from the standards of a developed country.

The delays are numerous.

The lack of air conditioning makes the summer heat stifling.

And on the P line travelers' Facebook page, we can see several videos showing that it sometimes rains inside some trains.

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On the roads, thousands of bridges are to be watched.

The accident that occurred in the Tarn in November 2019 and which killed two people is a tragic illustration of this.

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Source: lefigaro

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