2023-06-18 10:39:59
He “will launch Act 2 of Marseille in a big way “. Emmanuel Macron will be from June 26 to 28 in the Marseille city to mark a new stage in what a planindicated the Elysée emphasizing that he “had promised the Marseillais that he would return there at length before the end of the first half”.
in 2021the Head of State had undertaken to support the second largest city in France, which is also one of the poorest, in several areas, such as the renovation of schools and transport.
“It is unheard of for a head of state to do this, and to do it again”
“It’s still a big visit, you have to measure the format, it’s unheard of for a head of state to do this, and to do it again”, rejoiced the mayor of Marseille, Benoît Payan (various left), in an interview with the regional daily Provence released on Saturday. “I am waiting for us to amplify what we have started,” said the elected official, referring to “extremely important subjects such as the governance of the port, which is a state within the state”.
At the end of 2022, Emmanuel Macron had indicated that he wanted to push the fires on the realization of a “Grand Port which goes from Marseille to Lyon”, in particular for the transport of goods and energy. Marseille is currently one of the largest ports in France, even if it remains far from the level of the ports of Antwerp (Belgium) or Rotterdam (Netherlands).
Several projects launched since Emmanuel Macron’s last visit
“There is also the question of the AP-HM (hospitals of Marseille). There is no reason for it to be less well endowed than the others,” also believes Benoît Payan. Since the President of the Republic’s previous visit to France’s second city, several projects have been launched following the announcement of the “Marseille en grand” plan.
The school renovation plan, one of the priorities of the left-wing municipality since its accession to power in 2020, has made “clear and marked” progress, Benoît Payan welcomed at the start of the year. The mayor then mentioned in particular three new schools expected for 2023 and the launch of twelve projects, thanks to the public company of Marseille schools, a unique structure in France with a 50/50 State/city partnership to create schools.
The question of transport and accommodation also at the heart of this visit
On the transport side, 15 projects have been launched, such as the extension of a South North tramway, the first phase of which is expected at the end of 2024, or a ring road bus which will connect two metro terminuses in the north of the city, which concentrates the most impoverished and neglected neighborhoods. Marseille, a city with a larger surface area than Paris, for example, currently only has two metro lines.
The president could also be expected on the subject of housing. It is also one of the priorities of the left-wing municipality elected eighteen months after the fatal collapse of two dilapidated buildings in the heart of the city, in November 2018 rue d’Aubagne. But it has recently been singled out by the prefecture for failing to achieve its goals of building social housing.
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