2023-09-26 12:50:44
The State and the Île-de-France region have just ratified their agreement this Tuesday on the financing of public transport in the Ile-de-France region. A text considered “historic” which should allow a moderation of price increases on January 1st.
The State and the Île-de-France region have just ratified their agreement this Wednesday on the financing of public transport in the Ile-de-France region. A text judged “historical» which should allow a moderation of price increases on January 1, to around 86.60 euros, as Le Figaro announced this weekend. For this, all parties – employers, local authorities, tourists and users – will pay more to finance public transport in Île-de-France.
This agreement “has only one compass and one heading: the users», Launched the Minister Delegate in charge of Transport, Clément Beaune, this Wednesday, explaining that “without this agreement», Île-de-France Mobilités – the organizing authority for public transport in the region chaired by Valérie Pécresse – «should have made unsustainable price increases». «We don’t want this“, he added when signing a “historic agreement» with the head of the region on the subject of transport financing.
He is pleased to have concluded an agreement which allows “stability», «serenity» et «visibility» until the beginning of the 2030 decade. A text which must above all, according to him, make it possible to “not to relive a discussion every year» between the state and the region to know “who pays what», «what is the amount of the check», «what is the tax». «We want attractive prices but also quality transport“, he further affirmed, welcoming a “fair agreement” in which “everyone makes an effort in proportion to these abilities».
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New funding (finally) validated
A feeling shared by Valérie Pécresse – president of the region and of Île-de-France Mobilités (IDFM) – who is delighted to have signed this protocol which “lays the first stage of lasting financing» transport and in particular the Grand Paris Express «over the next decade 2023 2031“, allowing “a moderation of price increases» for users. As planned, this memorandum of understanding provides for an increase in the mobility payment, which will concern Parisian and inner-city businesses as well as an increase in the tourist tax. “For the first time, tourists will be involved», rejoiced Valérie Pécresse, who evokes a gain of “200 million euros from 2024“. Thus, taxes would increase from 5 to 15 euros in a Parisian palace, or from 1.90 euros to 5.70 euros in a three-star hotel.
«The State will also halve the fee that IDFM owes to the Société du Grand Paris» as part of the construction of the Grand Paris Express, a supermetro already under construction in the region. A “economy of 140 million by 2031» according to the agreement, which provides for a “review clause» in 2027, judged “essential to verify that all hypotheses” above “have been respected“. Furthermore, the “communities will also be involved», warns Valérie Pécresse, who tries to “obtain their agreement» to increase their contribution to inflation +2% «over 5 years”, between 2023 and 2028, then at the sole height of inflation between 2028 and 2031. An effort which would show, according to the president, that the departments as well as the city of Paris “are truly exemplary“. An effort in which the region will participate, which promises to provide an additional 460 million euros for transport between 2024 and 2028.
A less painful increase than in 2023
So much new funding which should allow “real price moderation for users“. That is an increase of around 2.20 euros in the monthly Navigo pass, which would thus increase to 86.60 euros on January 1, 2024. Far from the painful increase already experienced by users on January 1, who had seen the price of their Navigo monthly pass increase by 12%, from 75.20 to 84.10 euros. Nothing official yet, as the prices for next year will not be definitively set until December, when IDFM’s 2024 budget is voted on.
A “ecological and social victory for Île-de-France» for Valérie Pécresse, who insisted that the fact that via this agreement, “it is Île-de-France which pays for Île-de-France». «There is no subsidy from the state budget, no funding from non-Île-de-France taxpayers», She assured, and this, on the 36 billion euros invested in this extremely important infrastructure. “I know that some people are afraid, including in Parliament, that the State and French taxpayers will be called upon to finance this infrastructure, but that is false.“, she insisted. With this “fair and shared effort between all financiers“, it is only the region’s businesses, users, tourists and communities who are at work.
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