The Metropolis of Greater Paris (MGP) voted on Thursday a support fund of 15 million euros for nearly 90% of its municipalities affected by urban violence at the start of the summer. Voted unanimously by elected metropolitan officials, this support fund will be used in particular for the “reconstruction of street furniture and damaged vehicles”, as well as for the rehabilitation of the public buildings affected, said the president (LR) of the MGP Patrick Ollier in session.
Among the 131 municipalities that make up the MGP, “115 were affected, or 87%”, he specified in front of Patrick Jarry, the mayor of Nanterre, where the death of Nahel, caused by the shooting of a policeman, was the starting point for these riots in many cities in France. Patrick Ollier also paid tribute to Mélanie Nowak, metropolitan councilor and wife of the mayor of Haÿ-les-Roses Vincent Jeanbrun, who was injured while fleeing with her two young children during the car attack. ram from their home.
This support fund will intervene “after exhaustion of insurance” and other exceptional aid, in particular that of the Île-de-France region, specified the vice-president of finance Philippe Laurent. The region, led by Valérie Pécresse, adopted in early July an “emergency fund” of 20 million euros – 18 for municipalities and 2 for traders and artisans – for its 140 affected towns, the majority of them also located in the metropolis.
