Work in Paris (image of drawing). – JOEL SAGET / AFP
What will be the major events of the year in Paris and in Ile-de-France? 17 Minutes takes stock.
The date has been postponed by a few months but the regional and departmental elections are the major political meeting of the ‘year 2020.
A lot of work is continuing in transport and on the Notre-Dame de Paris side where the peril decree has still not been lifted.
Now we know that a virus can tip everything . After this year 737, marked by the health crisis and two confinements , therefore place with a certain amount of uncertainty at 2021. If the world of culture and catering remains almost completely unknown, some meetings and projects must still take place this year. Politics, transport, works… What will be the major deadlines of the year at Paris and in Ile-de-France ? 17 Minutes takes stock.
Politics
These are the last ballots before the presidential election: The regional and the departmental. But be careful, the date has been modified . The date of convocation of the voters will be fixed by decree, at the latest six weeks before the poll: the choice should stop between and 17 June or the 20 and 27 June. “Expected text and direct consequence of the health crisis and of the report which was submitted by Jean-Louis Debré, the Minister of the Interior presented a bill postponing the regional and departmental elections to June”, specified government spokesperson Gabriel Attal . The text will be examined, at first reading in the Senate, the week of 17 January. In Ile-de-France, the battle for regional has already started. The outgoing president, Valérie Pécresse has not yet officially declared herself, but should be a candidate for her succession (except for a huge surprise). Julien Bayou (EELV) and Audrey Pulvar on behalf of the Socialist Party (Ile-de-France in common) advance their pawns. On the side of LREM, Jean-Michel Blanquer positions himself with caution. Finally, the year will be marked by the deployment of the municipal police in the capital. Objective: 5. policemen from here 2024, trained in a Parisian school.
Transport, parking and traffic
After the inauguration with great fanfare of the arrival of the line 13 in Saint-Ouen (Seine -Saint-Denis), one station is still missing. In January 2021, Porte de Clichy station, serving the new court , will open to travelers. Other work will also continue this year on the 13, for new extensions both in the north, to Saint-Denis Pleyel (Seine-Saint-Denis), than in the south, to Orly airport (Essonne), just in time for the Olympic Games in 2024. Work on the lines 13 and 15 will also continue. Just like the project Eole . Its commissioning is scheduled, end 2020, until Nanterre, then end 2024, to Mantes-la-Jolie.
On the traffic side, parking could become chargeable for two-wheelers in the capital. The subject should be under discussion at Paris City Hall during the year 2020.