For weeks, the president of Île-de-France Mobilités, Valérie Pécresse (LR), has accused the government of not financially supporting Parisian transport.
Without an increase in the contribution of companies or state subsidy, the price of Navigo will have to be increased to 90 euros per month, from January, she warns.
In response, the government reminds the president of the region that she alone is in charge of transport prices.
A "ping-pong game" denounced by Stéphane Troussel (PS), president of the department of Seine-Saint-Denis.
Is an increase in the Navigo avoidable?
STEPHANE TROUSSEL.
In the midst of a purchasing power crisis, public transport users do not have to bear the brunt of bickering between the state and the region.
This show must stop.
The price of the Navigo, given the current difficulties and the low quality of the current offer, should be frozen.
It's been months, from one interview to another, that Valérie Pécresse has been releasing figures: 100 euros, 80 euros… Now it's 90!
She tells us that the increase would be inevitable.
However, the priority for everyone should be to preserve the purchasing power of users.
So who is responsible?
State or region?
The state and the region must put an end to this game of ping-pong.
It's unbearable.
Their only concern is who will bear the responsibility for this increase.
The LR president of the region is asking for an increase in the mobility payment for companies.
And it is his own friends, LR senators, who oppose it with the blessing of the government.
Frankly, this Mistigri game is enough.
We are talking about a transport network used by 10 million people a day.
A network which is the engine of economic activity in Île-de-France.
Companies need transport to operate, they also have to put their hands in their pockets.
What should have been implemented to not come to this?
This situation, nobody discovers it.
It has been registered for months in the post-Covid context.
Added today inflation and the crisis of purchasing power.
All the local authorities in Île-de-France have agreed to increase their annual contribution to Île-de-France Mobilités by 7.5%.
Seine-Saint-Denis will add 3.7 million euros, or a total of more than 50 million per year.
We assume our role as a social shield in the current period.
The region and the state must stop passing the buck.
This little game is annoying.
The region must mobilize its resources.
And the state must make an effort.
The President of the Republic cannot announce RER everywhere in France on Monday, and be absent subscribers on Tuesday for transport in the capital region.