This is a promise that does not convince the ecological deputies of the mayor of Paris. Anne Hidalgo assured Monday that the 52% increase in property tax in the capital will allow the town hall to invest an additional 1.2 billion euros by the end of its mandate in 2026. This is an "increase of 400 million more per year compared to the rhythms on which we had committed," said the elected socialist who erects "the acceleration of the ecological revolution" as a main priority.

Among its objectives for 2050, the town hall has set itself that of 20% of roofs equipped with photovoltaic panels. "We will continue to give more space to nature by doubling the number of trees planted," says Anne Hidalgo. Swimming pools, nurseries, green spaces, bike paths: "the details of these investments will be declined on the occasion of the supplementary budget" in July, said the first deputy (PS) Emmanuel Grégoire. With the goal of 40% social and affordable housing on the horizon, "the housing effort will be historic," said PCF Housing Assistant Ian Brossat.



According to the deputy to the construction Jacques Baudrier, another elected communist, the additional envelope will allow the doubling, from 200 to 400 million per year, of the budget dedicated to the acquisition of existing buildings to convert it into social or "affordable" housing.

Boycott of environmentalists

Criticized by the right-wing opposition on debt management, which must stand at 7.9 billion euros by the end of 2023, the deputy (PS) for finance Paul Simondon stresses that "self-financing reaches 85% of our investment capacity" and that the debt reduction trajectory now passes "under ten years".

Not enough to convince the elected ecologists, some of whom are deputies of Anne Hidalgo, who boycotted this press briefing "because the first elements did not give any guarantee," explained to AFP the elected EELV Jerome Gleizes. "At this stage, we know only 2.59 billion of investment out of the 10.6" planned in total by the end of the mandate, "and these 2.59 billion are unclear," adds Jérôme Gleizes whose group has been demanding for several months an investment plan of the mandate (PIM).

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