Olivier Klein, Minister Delegate for the City and Housing, and Mayor of Clichy-sous-Bois, was the guest of “8:30 am franceinfo”, Friday August 26. Free school supplies, “dark stores”… He answers questions from Céline Asselot and Jean-François Achilli.
Free school supplies: prioritize working-class neighborhoods
“I want to work with the minister for the start of the 2023 school year on a procedure that would ensure that children in working-class neighborhoods have all their supplies”in addition to the back-to-school allowance, said Olivier Klein.
In Clichy-sous-Bois, in Seine-Saint-Denis, of which Olivier Klein is the mayor, “It’s been three years since the start of the school year, all children from CP to CM2 will have on their table the whole set of essentials“. Clichy-sous-Bois is not the only town concerned, “there are mayors who have already started doing it, others are thinking about it”.
“We must regulate and give the power to mayors to make their decisions” on the “dark stores”, said Olivier Klein. Since 2020, these premises dedicated to the preparation of deliveries have multiplied in many cities. The draft decree on the regulation of “dark stores” triggers the anger of many mayors who would like to be able to prevent their installation.
“The mayors are in trouble”admitted Olivier Klein. “If this subject is on the table, it’s because ‘dark stores’ are opening in our town centres, and in order to be able to regulate, we have to regulate and say what we’re talking about. We have to clearly define what what are these warehouses, these delivery spaces. For me, there is a legal vacuum.” In Paris, in front of the “dark stores”, there are “dozens of mopeds waiting, vans in the morning delivering and blocking traffic”.
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