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"Marseille en grand": local elected officials reassured after a progress report with Emmanuel Macron

2021-10-16T15:10:22.676Z


A first “fruitful” point of step, the observation that “things are progressing”: one month after the announcement of the “Marseille en grand” plan by the head of ...


A first "

fruitful

"

point of step

, the observation that "

things are progressing

": one month after the announcement of the "

Marseille en grand

" plan by the Head of State, the local elected representatives were reassured on Saturday by their news. meeting with Emmanuel Macron, despite the absence of a quantified announcement.

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Friday morning, the socialist mayor of Marseille, Benoît Payan, explained to the press to wait for "

the decision

" of the president, in particular for his plan to renovate schools, estimated at 1.2 billion euros.

If no information has filtered out on the government's commitment in this file following the dinner of more than four hours organized Friday evening in the prefecture between the head of state and local elected officials, the mayor's entourage assured Saturday that this interview was "

fruitful

": "

It made it possible to work well and to address points of detail

".

Sovereignty of waste collection

For her part, on Saturday morning, at the end of the national congress of firefighters closed by the President of the Republic, the president of the Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolis, Martine Vassal (LR), assured: "

the dinner last night was important, the work we do is important (...), things are moving forward

”. Martine Vassal, also president of the department, explained that she hoped "

for changes that could be structural for the metropolis, which could finally put the metropolis on the right track

". "

I spoke with the mayor of Marseille, we completely agree that he recovers his local skills, it makes sense for a city of 860,000 inhabitants,

" added Martine Vassal.

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In the midst of the garbage crisis at the end of September, during which Marseille had suffered a ten-day strike by garbage collectors, the town hall claimed sovereignty over waste collection.

The Head of State recalled Friday his wish to help Marseille: "

The difficulties here are so exceptional and the potentials so great that there is something to be invented,

" Emmanuel Macron had launched Friday evening, in the middle of a hundred young people and entrepreneurs.

Source: lefigaro

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