The Ile-de-France regional council, meeting for the first time in the new hemicycle of its headquarters in Saint-Ouen (Seine-Saint-Denis), but in limited numbers, voted on Thursday a plan of 1.3 billion euros to revive the Ile-de-France economy post-Covid-19, AFP noted.
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This plan is financed by 689 million euros in loan redeployment and 592 million additional credits. In total, 640 million euros must be devoted to aid for businesses and innovation, 230 million to the fight against unemployment and the return to employment, 190 million to purchasing power, to health. , solidarity and finally 238 million for ecological recovery and transport.
Infrastructure recovery plan in the fall
The majority (LRI, UDI, Modem) welcomed this " additional budget " which will " allow the region to have a role of tutor and accompanist " (UDI) and " crisis absorber " ( LRI). Conversely, the opposition deplored " narrow measures in terms of employment " and "a missed meeting with the Ile-de-France (Ile-de-France), as well as a" huge waste that is increasing the debt without correcting anything past mistakes ”(Ecological and social alternatives), or even“ a wasted opportunity ”, which“ does not use the crisis to break with the “ as before ” (Left Front). This plan is to be completed in the fall with a recovery plan for Ile-de-France infrastructure, particularly in transport.
The groups voted unanimously an executive amendment to mandate the President of the Region to challenge the government " so that it provides full compensation for lost tax revenue and travelers from Ile-de-France Mobilities linked to the Covid-19 epidemic for the year 2020 and a compensation mechanism for the year 2021 ”. Previously, the region had adopted its 2019 administrative account. " We would never have been able to present a recovery plan without the room for maneuver cleared for 4 years by the executive, " said Valérie Pécresse.
The majority welcomed a “ record investment level ” of 2.2 billion euros, and a “ debt outstanding down 5% ”. But the opposition denounced "a lost mandate for the people of Ile-de-France and a decline in public action" (Ecologists and progressives) especially on housing, city policy, social and health. For the RN, this administrative account " testifies to the growing distance between a self-satisfied administration and a dismayed population ".