In addition to football, the classico Paris-Marseille also regularly invites itself into politics.
Last example this Wednesday morning.
Invited on RTL, the socialist mayor of the city Benoît Payan judged that the Marseille city was often too forgotten by the state.
“The Marseillais do not give alms to anyone.
Simply, they are no less French than the others.
They, like the others, need national solidarity,
”he said.
The city councilor, who replaced the ecologist Michèle Rubirola elected mayor in June 2020, even argued that Marseille is the big city
"with which the state is the least generous"
.
“But we don't expect generosity, we expect social and fiscal justice
,
”
explained Benoît Payan.
Close to Anne Hidalgo
The socialist mayor will be able to express his demands directly to Emmanuel Macron: he is expected this Wednesday noon for a lunch at the Elysee.
The Marseillais also met the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, Tuesday at the Town Hall.
A professional but also friendly meeting: Benoît Payan is part of “Cités en commun”, a network launched by the city councilor of the capital to bring together socialist and environmental mayors of large cities.
There is no doubt that Anne Hidalgo will use this collective if she embarks on a presidential campaign for 2022.
Benoît Payan also took advantage of his time on RTL to denounce the mismanagement of the previous municipality, led under the leadership of the former LR mayor, Jean-Claude Gaudin.
According to him, Marseille would pay the consequences today.
“Marseille is a city that has been poorly managed, not managed, unlike what we should have done.
We find ourselves in a catastrophic situation
, ”lamented Benoît Payan.
The mayor intends to discuss with the Head of State the
“priority” issues
of schools and housing in his city.
