At Bordeaux city council, the LGV issue divides the majority and the left

Would the LGV to Toulouse and Dax be fracturing the Bordeaux left? In any case, the ecologists are in the process of proving to the detractors who nickname 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 first, opposition counselor Bordeaux renewal (LREM) initiated a motion, the second of which, at the head of Bordeaux Together (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 town council meeting: “This is not the place to present motions approving or disapproving of the government’s position.“

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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 all the same about the future of Bordeaux and 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 links it to that of the caps in the Bordeaux conurbation. “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.“

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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 considers that once Bordeaux is connected to two hours from Paris, it would be a question of excluding any other 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 the Bordeaux right offers us 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 the tune of 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 […] by competing with the airline 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 cost communities and which earn money 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 astonished by 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: internal debates relate to biodiversity and we are very attached to it, you know that!“. In the courtyard of the Town Hall, 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 want the train to be preferred. “

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At Bordeaux city council, the LGV issue divides the majority and the left

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Poutou tickles Hurmic on divisions in his majority

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