The president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Laurent Wauquiez (LR), threatened Thursday to go to administrative justice for “unequal treatment” after the government’s decision to grant financial aid to the Ile-de-France region. for the Navigo pass.
“I cannot accept that the inhabitants of the Ile-de-France region are treated differently from those of our territories”, he declared to the press, promising to “seize administrative justice” if the government confirms its “refusal” to help other regions as well.
In order to avoid an excessive increase in fares in public transport in the Ile-de-France region due to inflation and soaring energy prices, the Minister Delegate for Transport Clément Beaune promised on December 6 “exceptional aid” of 200 million euros to Ile-de-France Mobilités (IDFM). It is a question of “protecting users and preventing us from having an exploding Navigo pass”, he justified in the columns of the Parisian.
“Humiliating response”
“I had asked, and the association of the regions of France had also asked” that “all the regions be treated in the same way, it is normal”. But “we had the humiliating response from the Prime Minister and the Transport Minister, who said ‘move on, there’s nothing to see’. There are 200 million euros for Ile-de-France residents and zero for others, ”launches Laurent Wauquiez before a plenary session of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
“We will have zero compensation on the price of energy that the SNCF seeks to impose, […] it is deeply unfair and very revealing of their vision of what the Republic is”, insisted the elected official, denouncing an “unequal treatment” likely to found an action in administrative justice and noting that this aid will be financed by the “taxes” of all.