2023-06-30 08:43:20
The Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, and the Minister Delegate for the City and Housing, Olivier Klein, in front of the burned facade of the Town Hall of Garges-lès-Gonesse (Val-d’Oise), June 29, 2023. STEFANO RELLANDINI / AFP
The appointment was more than expected, but its actors would not have imagined that it is happening in such a context. This Friday morning, June 30, the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, was to chair the interministerial committee for cities (CIV) in Matignon before taking the floor around 1 p.m. to make announcements on the “Neighborhoods 2030” plan, defining the contours of the city policy for the next few years. It is above all a question of giving shape to the future city contracts put in place on January 1, 2024, while those of 2015 – which were to end in 2020 – have been extended until 2023.
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Initially scheduled for the end of 2022 and constantly postponed, this CIV will be held around many ministers, including Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior, the Keeper of the Seals, Eric Dupond-Moretti, the Minister for Ecological Transition, Christophe Béchu, his counterparts to culture and sports Rima Abdul-Malak and Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, and Olivier Klein, Minister of Housing and the City.
Until Thursday, the holding of this CIV was pending. While it was to take place in Chanteloup-les-Vignes (Yvelines), the committee was finally maintained but relocated to Matignon. “In view of the particular context, it was decided to do it in a more solemn place, to signify that the policy of the city remained a priority policy of the government”, says the Prime Minister’s Office. Furthermore, Matignon would like to point out that this is not a “reaction to events” but of one “substantive work led by Olivier Klein” for many months.
Responses “not at the level of alerts”
The Prime Minister was to specify this Friday the measures announced by Emmanuel Macron during his visit to the northern districts of Marseille last Monday. The President of the Republic had in particular developed future actions on the educational side – reception at college from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and from the age of 2 in schools in sensitive neighborhoods, generalization of educational cities. According to Olivier Klein’s cabinet, the Head of State also mentioned strengthening support for entrepreneurship in the districts, a deployment of ” Republican Action Forces »a desire to improve access to housing and think about the housing of tomorrow – in particular by launching an international architectural competition to renovate ten districts, including one in Marseille –, increased testing of companies to fight against discrimination.
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Matignon also called for “much more flexible city contracts”, adapting to the realities on the ground and to the diversity of the neighbourhoods. A promise that Olivier Klein already made at the Monde in March, when discussing the new priority geography – there are now around 1,500 priority neighborhoods in France, a figure that could change –, as well as better consultation with the inhabitants. At that time, the minister delegate in charge of the city had launched a national commission “citizen participation of the districts” to reflect on the future of the policy of the city.
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