and-moselle | Confinement. Nancy militates on two fronts

No, the mayor of Nancy will not take an order to authorize the immediate reopening of all small businesses. Even though, within the Metropolis of Greater Nancy, the mayor of Saint-Max, Eric Pensalfini, had signed a decree of this type on the same day… “For me, this is the wrong idea”, comments Mathieu Klein. “This measure will have no practical effectiveness, since immediately canceled by the administrative court. “It is on two other fronts that Mathieu Klein, mayor of Nancy and president of the Greater Nancy Metropolis, therefore announces that he wants to fight to support local commerce, the anger of which he” understands “.

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Free deliveries

First, that of online commerce. By encouraging them to go through the “Achat-grandnancy.fr” site, a platform for local merchants open at the end of spring. Throughout the confinement, the delivery costs will thus be fully endorsed by the community. “And that from Monday, we understood that it is urgent”, specifies François Werner, vice-president of the Metropolis. Simplification of procedures, support measures and optimization of subsidized vouchers (25% of the value of which is paid for by the city of Nancy) are also on the program. In addition, delivery spaces will be transformed into free parking spaces (30 minutes) to facilitate the recovery of purchases.

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“Hasty unilateral measures”

At the same time, what is akin to lobbying in favor of a certain reopening is initiated. Still stunned by the shock of “hasty unilateral government measures”, Mathieu Klein is indeed campaigning for “adaptations at the local level” to be put in place. In other words, he hopes to push the state to expand the list of businesses authorized to open, in return for even stricter health measures in the shops. An interview with the prefect is planned in this regard from next week. And if by chance this speech did not get through, the local elected representative would then see no objection to the opening of said supermarkets being strictly limited to food departments only.

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