The new bioclimatic local urban plan (PLU) of the City of Paris was adopted on Monday, without the voices of the opposition but with those of the ecologists. The long debate highlighted the battles that played out behind the scenes within the municipal majority, between the ecologists, supporters of a more radical line, and the executive, forced to compromise with them to adopt this document that sets the rules of urban planning and construction.
If the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo (PS), in her introductory speech, stressed a "common vision that does not deny the convictions and commitments of each", her ecologist allies, them, stressed the extent of their contribution. "We have made it possible to make the very first bioclimatic PLU of France," said Fatoumata Koné, president of the ecologist group.
Today, nature becomes the principle, and construction the exception."
Emile Meunier (EELV) thanked Anne Hidalgo "for agreeing to turn the page. Today, nature becomes the principle, and construction the exception. An open criticism against the urban planning policy led by the mayor of Paris in recent decades and an allusion to the battles of ecologists against the towers of the ZAC Bercy-Charenton, those of Massena-Bruneseau (XIIIth), or the redevelopment of the Porte de Montreuil (XXth).
The municipal opposition has criticized the results of the majority. "123,000 Parisians preferred to flee Paris rather than see it degenerate. This is the balance sheet of ten years of your management and your allies, "attacked Rachida Dati (LR) for the group Changer Paris. "Since 2006, you have concreted Paris, it is indisputable," added the centrist Maud Gatel. Pierre-Yves Bournazel (Horizons) expressed serious doubts about the new PLU. "He advocates both hyperdensification and greening. These conflicting ambitions run the risk that this new document will be a missed opportunity. »
Criticisms to which Emmanuel Grégoire, first deputy in charge of urban planning, responded by referring opponents to their past positions, especially on the towers that his detractors had supported.