Au conseil municipal de Bordeaux, la question de la LGV divise la majorité et la gauche
Would the LGV to Toulouse and Dax be fracturing the Bordeaux left? In any case, the ecologists are showing to the detractors who call them “watermelons” (green on the outside and red on the inside) that they do not agree on everything with the socialists. Not even the Communists. But they can be, sometimes, with the anti-capitalists. This Tuesday, the municipal council of Bordeaux gave birth to a bag of knots in which we find, in summary, a front for the LGV which brings together the Communists, the Socialists, the presidential majority (LREM) and the traditional right (LR) . In front of them, in this crusade against this railway project, we find ecologists and anti-capitalists.
This is not the place to present motions approving or disapproving of the government’s position – Pierre Hurmic, Mayor of Bordeaux
At the origin of this debate which came to close a session where each leader seemed to keep his strength for the end, Thomas Cazenave then Nicolas Florian. The Prime Minister, opposition advisor Bordeaux renewal (LREM) initiated a motion, the second of which, at the head of Bordeaux set (LR), followed suit. To take the lead, the mayor of Bordeaux, Pierre Hurmic, had lit the first fuse in the courtyard of the Palais Rohan, a few hours before the municipal council meeting: “This is not the place to present motions approving or disapproving of the government’s position.“
The right and the walkers hand in hand
Before presenting his arguments, Thomas Cazenave wanted to hit the mayor by recalling the interest of a debate around the LGV in city council. “Admittedly, the metropolis will have to decide on its financial participation, but it is still a question of the future of Bordeaux and of a territory“, launches the former candidate for municipal 2020. He says that the rehabilitation of small railway lines is compatible with the establishment of a high-speed line like the one that is part of the Great South West Railway Project (GPSO). It also relays it to that of traffic jams in the Bordeaux agglomeration. “Without the LGV and the duplication of tracks, there will be no Metropolitan RER and thecongestion issue in our metropolis, it is also the rail.“
Nicolas Florian argues in favor of a altruism towards neighboring territories, like Toulouse, recalling that it is a project of the South-West. “We must not let ourselves be trapped in a Bordeaux navel-gazing which dealt with the fact that once Bordeaux is connected to two hours from Paris, it would be a question of excluding any further rapprochement with other cities.“, explains the former mayor before subscribing to the words of his ally of the day concerning the congestion.
Communists and Socialists for a LGV which “decarbonizes”
It’s hard to make a clear choice when you’re torn between a position in favor of the LGV, a common line with those who we consider to be champions of liberalism and finally a place in the green majority. The Communists and Socialists of the Bordeaux municipal council abstained from voting on this motion. The deputy mayor of the Bordeaux-Maritime district and councilor of Communist persuasion indicates: “We are part of a logic of decarbonizing our travel. To respond to this challenge, it seems necessary to us to use all the tools […] and rail must be the backbone of tomorrow’s travel.“Then a quick update:”Apart from this agreement in principle on the LGV, everything differentiates us from the two right-wing groups on this motion.“
Apart from this agreement in principle on the LGV, everything differentiates us from the two right-wing groups on this motion – Vincent Maurin, municipal councilor of the majority
In the process, Mathieu Hazouard drives the point home “on behalf of the socialist group“. The deputy mayor in charge of sports blasted”the little game that we offer the Bordeaux right to use this municipal council“. He is opposed to the joint vow in which the LREM and LR groups welcome the fact that the State has “matched to 4.1 billion euros“in favor of the LGV. Mathieu Hazouard asked for more:”I regret that he sold his intervention rate, on a skill that is his, to 40%. This disengagement is obvious.“However, he maintains that the GPSO is”a chance for the development of the South-West while taking action for the ecological transition […] competing with the air market“.
Poutou tickles Hurmic on divisions in his majority
Even if their colors are close, Philippe Poutou immediately announces his and the punchy lines emerge immediately. The opposition counselor Bordeaux in Struggles (LFI and NPA) is against “this high-speed line which will save a few minutes in view of the billions which are costing communities and which are profitable for certain multinationals. It’s a big money business“. He pursues : “The priority for us is to develop small tracks and reopen small stations.“The 2022 presidential candidate has responsible for the position of the Communist Vincent Maurin and was preparing to ask the mayor of Bordeaux to clarify the position of his municipal majority. “There is a certain cacophony […] and the contradiction is within the majority. We must imagine internal debates which do not always have to be very simple“, Laughs the former trade unionist of Ford.
There is a certain cacophony […] and the contradiction is within the majority – Philippe Poutou, Bordeaux en Luttes opposition advisor
The ecologist comes out with a pirouette: “I reassure you: the internal debates on biodiversity and we are very attached, you know that!“. In the courtyard of the Hôtel de, the mayor of Bordeaux had already anticipated these criticisms by invoking”a new way of doing politics“. An argument that Pierre Hurmic will have to keep warm in anticipation of the next metropolitan council, November 25. President Alain Anziani, with whom he heads the metropolis of Bordeaux, affirmed his support for the LGV: “For ecology, I would like the train to be preferred. “