Some sixty elected officials, mostly mayors of metropolises and suburbs, ask, three months after Nahel’s death, for “a real and vital revolution” of the State’s presence in priority neighborhoods, in an open letter to the government revealed by Radio France and consulted this Saturday by AFP.
In this letter sent on Friday, the sixty elected officials of the Ville et Banlieue de France association call for “a true and vital revolution in the role and presence of the State”, three months after the unrest that followed Nahel’s death.
They consider that the expected change is based, in particular, on “a proactive policy of social diversity”, while since the June riots, “most of the factors that fuel the unrest are still there.”
The mayors of Lyon, Bordeaux or Nantes signatories
In just over two weeks, the long-awaited Interministerial Committee of Cities (CIV) will be held, chaired by Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne. According to the signatories, “it must mark at all costs a break in the approach to public policies.”
“School, sports, culture, civic and solidarity commitment, security, prevention, health, mobility and consideration of the ecological transition” are all the levers listed in the letter.
Among the signatories are the environmentalist mayor of Lyon Grégory Doucet, the mayor of Strasbourg EELV Jeanne Barseghian and the mayor of Bordeaux Pierre Hurmic or even the PS councilor of Nantes Johanna Roland.
We continue to list the mayors of Sarcelles, Kremlin-Bicêtre, Étampes, Nogent-sur-Marne, Gennevilliers, Grigny, in the Paris region, of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray in the Seine-Maritime, of Roubaix, in the north, of ‘Arras , in Pas-de-Calais and Vaulx-en-Velin in the Rhône.
“Provide long-term answers”
“We are willing, in a constructive dialogue with the State, to provide long-term responses to the causes of these urban disturbances and the deep underlying unrest,” they declared, hailing “the moment of listening” marked by the Secretary of State. State of the City Sabrina Agresti-Roubache, since her appointment.
In mid-September he announced an increase of 40 million euros in his ministry’s budget for 2024, up to 640 million euros. A positive sign, however, considered a drop in the ocean for some mayors, recalling the low weight of municipal politics in the state budget.
The first announcements are expected on October 9, during the CIV. The Prime Minister advocated in early September for a “global” response that includes both security issues and “respect for authority, integration, education, the fight against precariousness and social diversity.”
Source: BFM TV
