The outing was not on the agenda.
On the first day of his Marseille tour, during which he will present his plan "Marseille en grand" for his "city of heart", Emmanuel Macron hastened to meet the inhabitants of the northern districts (15th arrondissement) in the city of Bassens this Wednesday afternoon.
Many residents welcomed him warmly, in the crowd.
Very quickly, a man questioned him about the importance of "traceability" and "monitoring" of investments, the impact of which is felt, at the end of the day, too little in the cities.
He also denounced "cronyism", "arrangements between friends" in political spheres, which would contribute to the dysfunctions of the city.
"Work", "schools that work"
Young people, smartphones in hand to photograph the president, demanded "work", "schools" that work.
"There are things that are progressing and there are areas where the situation remains very hard," said Emmanuel Macron, who enjoyed a long, lively walkabout.
Other distraught women have expressed their weariness, their desire to escape far from a neighborhood in which they have always lived.
Then the Head of State had a long discussion with members of the Association des Femmes de Bassens, around a table loaded with drinks and pastries.
"We barely have the means to pay for a bus to go to the sea, to discover the creeks, to bring young people to discover our beautiful region," sums up a spokesperson for the association, whose budget, she says, has fallen. .
We are forgotten by the institutions ”.
The subject of the school, one of the three subjects for which the president should announce the release of significant financial means, was quickly approached. "There should be more resources in colleges, because there are a lot of dropouts and young people find themselves in the street," continues the representative of the association. Parcoursup is a platform that excludes our children. We don't grant them their first wish, even for a little girl who graduated from high school with honors, it's a shame. "
The situation in many schools is indeed alarming; the city has launched a vast plan to renovate more than 200 of the city's 444 schools for an amount of 1.2 billion euros, part of which will be supported by the state. Proposals should aim to fill the glaring transport deficit in a city that has only two metro lines for 870,000 inhabitants. The network is decades behind schedule. Finally, investments are expected to rehabilitate substandard housing.
