The framework agreement allowing the compensation of the victims of the gas explosion in the rue de Trévise, in 2019 in Paris, will not be signed before the 3rd anniversary of the tragedy on January 12, estimate the associations of victims who dispute the Remarks by the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo held Thursday, December 23.
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The negotiations to reach this agreement "are
progressing very quickly
", declared on BFMTV the socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo who wants "to
do everything
" so that it is signed "
before January 12
", date of commemoration of the tragedy caused by a leak gas and which left 4 dead and 66 injured. In early October, the City of Paris, indicted in this case, announced that it would add 20 million euros to the compensation fund "
without presuming his guilt
". The first compensation could intervene "
by the end of the year
", then said the first deputy (PS) Emmanuel Grégoire.
But according to the PS presidential candidate, victims' associations preferred during a mediation meeting on Wednesday "to
take a few more days to have a good agreement
" and "to be
able to trigger this money
".
Now, it's our fault ", reacted to AFP Linda Zaourar, president of the association Vret (Victims and survivors of the explosion in the rue de Trévise) for whom Anne Hidalgo"
plays the watch
"and for whom "
the framework agreement will not be signed for January 12
".
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For Dominique Paris, president of Treviso Ensemble, another association of victims, Wednesday's meeting was unsuccessful because the City did "an
about-face compared to the previous meeting
" on a confidential point. "
It is not the mayor of Paris who decides when
" the agreement will be signed, negotiated under the aegis of the Local Victim Assistance Committee (Clav) after the green light from the Ministry of Justice and the delegate Interministerial assistance to victims (Diav) Frédérique Calandra, also affirmed Anne Hidalgo, stressing that the 20 million euros "
put on the table
" cannot be paid without "
a certain number of criteria
". "
Diav, Clav, whatever: it's
is Anne Hidalgo leading the way ”and“
is paying the head of the victims
”, estimates Linda Zaourar.
According to Dominique Paris, the lawyers of the associations will ask that they be received by the mayor in person, while a next meeting is scheduled for January 5, a week before the commemoration.
