The Minister for Transport Jean-Baptiste Djebbari wants to obtain a decoration for the presidents of the Poitiers flying clubs in order to show his support after the drop in subsidies decided by the city council, his entourage told AFP.
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"Through this gesture, he wants to support the whole community, to promote the action carried out by flying clubs throughout the territory, in particular in favor of children and their dreams"
, the same source said, confirming a information from the
Parisian
.
Decrease in subsidies
The Poitiers city council voted on March 29 to reduce subsidies to two aero clubs in the city.
During the debate, the ecological mayor Léonore Moncond'huy said
"to assume"
the fact that
"public money should no longer finance sports based on the consumption of exhaustible resources"
.
"The air is sad, but should no longer be part of children's dreams today,"
she added, drawing the wrath of many political leaders a few months before regional elections and a year of the presidential election.
It was not immediately specified which decoration - Legion of Honor or National Order of Merit - was likely to be awarded to Jean-Marie Arnault and Alain Martin, the presidents of the two flying clubs.