DIRECT. Paris Council: Anne Hidalgo opens the first meeting of 2024

2024-02-06 09:05:31

10:04

Rapporteur Pierre Rabadan, deputy in charge of Sports, concludes this debate

“We always wanted PSG to stay at the Parc des Princes,” begins the elected official.

10:01

Laurent Sorel (not registered) does not wish to sell

He wishes to vote for the wish of the Ecologists “clearer” than that of the town hall.

09:58

Emile Meunier (Les Ecologists): “maybe the billions buy everything but not everything is for sale”

The elected official wants “Nasser Al-Khelaïfi (president of PSG) to speak more reasonably to the City”. “The question of expansion deserves to be asked”, according to Emile Meunier who does not want to participate in “the sport-business race”. “Money does not create emotions and I say that to the right,” he continues. The elected environmentalist wants to withdraw the town hall’s wish in favor of that of his “clearer” group.

09:53

Jérémy Redler, mayor of the 16th century (Changer Paris), takes the example of the biggest clubs in Europe (Real Madrid, Juventus, etc.) and their ultra-modern enclosures

“PSG belongs just as much as the Park to Parisian heritage,” relates the elected official. “If the club leaves the Park, what will become of the Stadium? », he asks. “The common sense position is the continuation of dialogue with PSG” for Jérémy Redler who wants to avoid the departure of PSG and announces that his group will abstain from this wish.

09:47

Rémi Feraud (Paris en Commun, PEC) speaks back

“We are not selling off the heritage” of the City, assures the elected representative of the majority. “Paris is linked to its club, PSG” via a long lease (which has the particularity of having a long term (99 years) giving the tenant quasi-ownership of the property) until 2043, recalls the elected official who calls for a public vote to be held.

09:46

Maud Gatel (MDE) believes that “the dialogue is broken”, and hopes that “the club remains in Paris and that the real estate interests of Parisians are respected”

09:42

Pierre-Yves Bournazel (Independent and Progressive Group, GIP) takes his turn to speak

The elected official speaks of a “problem of future strategy” and no longer understands the City’s strategy since 2015. “Everything is at a standstill today,” he regrets. “We must not sell this speaker,” he believes. “Selling it would not allow the City to get out of debt,” according to Pierre-Yves Bournazel.

09:35

Béatrice Patrie (Communist and Citizens Group, GCC) recalls that the Parc des Princes is “above all a heritage building” of Paris

The Parisian elected official compares the Parc des Princes to the Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame or even the Arc de Triomphe, so it is not a “commercial object”, she is therefore opposed to its sale. Béatrice Patrie wishes to impose specifications for the 10,000-seat expansion of the PSG stadium. The work must be done “without funding from the City”, according to the elected official who also says she is opposed to the “naming” of the Parc des Princes.

09:32

The “mythical” grounds of Paris Saint-Germain are “the property of Parisians”, indicates the mayor of Paris who wants PSG to stay at the Parc des Princes. “We had not ruled out a possible sale of the Parc des Princes” but the proposals were not “respectful of this heritage of Parisians” and therefore discussions on the sale were stopped.

09:29

Maud Gatel (Modem Group, Democrats and Ecologists, MDE) wishes to recall the “rules” of the Paris Council

Patrick Bloche, deputy mayor of Paris in charge of education, early childhood, families and new learning, responds to his colleague by specifying that the organizational rules were respected during the last sessions and prefers to “enter in the debates of the day.

09:26

The project of Honorary Citizenship of the City of Paris awarded to Hamas hostages will be discussed on Thursday

09:26

The Paris Council is officially launched!

09:24

Anne Hidalgo sends “her best wishes to Rachida Dati” for her appointment to the post of Minister of Culture

The mayor of Paris also welcomes Catherine Dumas, new president of the Changer Paris group.

09:20

Jack-Yves Bohbot (Changer Paris) in turn expresses his condolences to the family of Monique Garnier-Lançon

09:18

Anne Hidalgo now pays tribute to Monique Garnier-Lançon, who died on November 24, 2023

This former resistance fighter had become a journalist and writer (La Roue tourne dans Paris). Politically, she is one of the 9 women elected to the Council of Paris in 1971 in the first sector. Just as for Pierre Gény, a minute of silence is observed.

09:14

Here are the three main debates which will animate the morning

– The future of the Parc des Princes

– The Trocadéro/Iéna/Eiffel Tower pedestrianization project

09:12

Jean-Baptiste Olivier (Changer Paris) continues this tribute

The elected official hails Pierre Gény as an “expert, a man determined to serve science and people in the world”. His work focused in particular on providing drinking water to regions that lacked it.

09:07

Anne Hidalgo begins this Council with a tribute to Pierre Gény, who died on December 25, 2023

This geologist specializing in external geodynamics, hydrology and pedology (Faculty of Sciences of Paris) was notably Councilor of Paris (1989-2001) and first deputy mayor of the 13th district. of Paris, in charge of associations and relations with the Asian community (1989-95).

08:44

Rachida Dati (mayor of the 7th century) visiting the Philharmonie de Paris

For her second visit to Paris in her role as Minister of Culture, the Parisian elected official (ex-LR) went this Monday to this temple of music to meet young people. A way to outline the contours of its cultural policy a little more.

08:41

Taxation of SUVs in Paris: why the measure will not be so simple to implement

In recent days, Parisian news has been marked by a vote on special pricing for SUVs. In order to implement this measure voted on Sunday, which must come into force “on September 1st”, the City of Paris intends to rely on the registration document file. A file that the police headquarters still holds for the time being.
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