The vice-president of the Île-de-France region believes that “transport will be ready” for the 2024 Olympics. She responded on franceinfo to Anne Hidalgo, critical of the reliability of Parisian transport.
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“IOC control service says transports will be ready” for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, assures Thursday November 23 on franceinfo Florence Portelli, vice-president of the Ile-de-France region. Wednesday, the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, estimated in the program Quotidien on TMC , that transport will not be “loans.”
A complaint for embezzlement of public funds
According to Florence Portelli, these remarks reflect a “vulgar communication stunt. It is quite lamentable and pathetic to use a false argument to try to divert attention from a controversy which targets Ms. Hidalgo.“The elected official refers to the trip of the mayor of Paris to French Polynesia last October, which sparked controversy.
Anne Hidalgo justified this trip as part of a visit to future test sites for the Paris Olympics, when some accuse her of having taken advantage of a trip, partly paid for by the City budget, to personal purposes. On this subject, the PNF confirmed on Wednesday that it had received a report from an elected official, as well as a complaint for embezzlement of public funds from an association.
“I am a suburban mayor, I can tell you that we are going through hell”
Florence Portelli, also mayor of Taverny (Val-d’Oise), also criticizes Anne Hidalgo’s announcement to lower the speed limit to 50 km/h on the Paris ring road from September 2024, as well as to reserve a voice in carpooling. “It’s a vulgar counter-fire, assures Florence Portelli, I am a suburban mayor, I can tell you that we are going through hell“, referring to the difficulty of using public transport for suburban residents.
On the ecological argument of these measures, defended by the City of Paris, Florence Portelli is just as critical: “If you want to relieve congestion, you do not delete a lane on the deviceshe analyzes, otherwise you will have traffic jams, you will have pollution.“