la solidarité avec l’Ukraine et quelques nuances
The opportunity to take stock of the measures taken by the municipality. Concretely, collections in neighborhood town halls are full, and 685 housing offers are recorded on the City’s website and then relayed to the prefecture. To date, 122 Ukrainians have found refuge in Bordeaux. These are those who have gone through the “official” route. A figure that does not take into account those who have provided friendly or family solidarity.
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In addition, the municipality has mobilized 50 beds at the Barbey youth hostel, and the nearby gymnasium is also requisitioned, which can accommodate 100 people. Premises are also made available for medico-psychological assistance offered by Charles Perrens. Finally spaces have been allocated to the association Ukraine Amitié, mobilized since the first days of the war.
A surge of solidarity shared by the entire council. Fabien Robert (MoDem) proposes to “develop links with Ukrainian territories – an agreement which, tomorrow, will make sense, in the context of reconstruction”. Proposal retained. Nevertheless, some nuances emerged. Thomas Cazenave asked for the suspension of the twinning with Saint Petersburg, “a strong symbolic act”. It is in fact a cooperation agreement that has been dormant for years. “We were supposed to celebrate the 30and anniversary, we will not do it”, explains the mayor, before adding: “The Russians of Bordeaux have shown solidarity with the Ukrainians, I am afraid that a brutal decision will be counter-productive and will isolate the Russian people from the International community. »