The regional presidents reiterated Monday to Prime Minister Jean Castex their "
demand
" for financial compensation for their losses suffered in transport during the health crisis, while calling on the government to establish a relationship of trust.
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"
We ask that there be compensation for the financial losses of transport,
" said the president (PS) of Regions of France Carole Delga and Occitanie during a press point at the end of a meeting. meeting in Matignon with the head of government, recalling that their appeal had not been heard for the moment.
An expected bailout "
of all transport lines
"
During the health crisis, the regions, which are responsible for rail and bus transport in their territories, suffered heavy losses due to the fall of passengers. "
For us, there can be no way out of the Covid crisis without compensation,
" added the president of Ile-de-France, Valérie Pécresse, recalling the "
whatever the cost
" launched by President Emmanuel Macron at the start of the crisis to support the economy. "
It is obvious that we are waiting for a bailout of all the transmission lines which have been very strongly impacted
", she underlined, calling on the State to commit.
"
As we are today in a pre-election presidential period, we have a pile of promises which are made by the government, but which are not followed by any concrete commitment
", lamented Valérie Pécresse, candidate for a possible primary on the right for the presidential election.
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During this meeting in Matignon, Carole Delga, who took the head of Regions of France last July, wished to establish "a relationship of trust" with the government of Jean Castex, whose answers are awaited by the presidents to the occasion of their annual congress to be held on September 30 in Montpellier.
The president of Occitanie seized the opportunity to ask for a "reconversion plan for the automobile industry which is much more structured"
.
"The Prime Minister has indicated his agreement so that we can work on it", she added, specifying that an appointment with the Minister of Finance Bruno Le Maire should be fixed soon.
