Emmanuel Macron announced this Tuesday before the mayors of cities affected by the riots of the last week a draft “emergency law” to accelerate the reconstruction after the destruction which targeted buildings, street furniture and means of transport.
” We have a timing problem. We will introduce an emergency law to crush all deadlines, have a fast-track procedure to rebuild much faster “said the head of state, according to a participant. When questioned, his entourage did not immediately specify when this text would be presented and examined.
The president also promised support for communities “ to quickly be able to repair ” the broken video surveillance equipment, as well as financial aid to the cities for repairs concerning “ roads, municipal establishments, schools “. ” We are going to be extremely firm and clear with the insurers, municipality by municipality “, he said again during this meeting at the Élysée.
After having listened at length to a large number of the approximately 250 mayors present, Emmanuel Macron acknowledged that there was no ” unanimity in the room » on the solutions to be provided after Nahel’s death17, killed by a police officer during a traffic check, which was followed by several nights of riots, destruction and looting.
“ Lead to very concrete solutions »
Often implicated for having buried, in 2018, the plan of ex-minister Jean-Louis Borloo for the suburbs, the president admitted to having been ” awkward “, while claiming to have nevertheless taken many measures in favor of the city’s policy. He outlined several projects, promising to “ to work ” during summer ” to come up with very concrete solutions “. “ We must not let the dough fall “, he launched, evoking a “ waypoint “with the mayors at” the end of summer “.
Among these projects, he mentioned ” better support, better accountability and sometimes better sanctions » parents of child perpetrators of violence. He also pleaded for a change of method in the construction of public policies, and for more ” decentralization ” and of ” simplification to clarify the responsibilities of the various territorial levels
(With AFP).