Paris town hall has the green light to attack the region

Town Hall 1, PSG 0. As expected, the Paris Town Hall voted this Thursday, at the Paris Council, on a proposal which will allow it to take the matter to administrative justice. 92 votes for, 33 against and 25 abstentions. Purpose of this procedure? PSG. Or rather the Parisian club’s stadium project. In this case, the town hall intends to attack… the region and the SDRIF-e, which voted last September for an amendment aimed at reserving 50 hectares for the Rouge et Bleu for the establishment of their new stadium. Remember that PSG, still not having found the suitable site to establish itself, has made the decision to leave the Parc des Princes following the town hall’s refusal to sell it the Porte de Saint-Cloud stadium.

No reaction from the club, which denounced on Tuesday a “Vendetta of the Mayor of Paris towards the club” and castigated the “double talk” by Anne Hidalgo and her teams. “The sudden panic of the Town Hall confirms the seriousness of this project. The city of Paris cannot publicly claim to be open to dialogue and torpedo all the alternatives on which the club is working. This reveals the blatant hypocrisy that the Town Hall has demonstrated since the start of the negotiations.explained a source close to the club with 12 French championship titles. Nothing more to add since.

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Unambiguously, the Paris Council votes its support for maintaining PSG at the Parc des Princes.

David Belliard, deputy mayor of Paris in charge of the transformation of public space, transport, mobility, street code and roads

Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of the transformation of public space, transport, mobility, street and road codes, David Belliard welcomes the decision of the Paris Council in a message posted on (ex-Twitter): “Excellent news! Unambiguously, the Paris Council votes its support for the maintenance of PSG at the Parc des Princes, the reopening of discussions with the club for a long lease, the opposition (in court!) to the absurd project of Valérie Pécresse (president of the region Île-de-France, Editor’s note) to artificialize 50 hectares of agricultural land for a sports-commercial complex..

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PSG does not move

A priori, Paris Saint-Germain is not overly concerned about this procedure and explained on Tuesday “to move forward calmly on its new stadium project”in itself “pleasant to count on the support of the region”. Valérie Pécresse had also mentioned “a legal procedure which has no chance of succeeding” and called for dialogue.

“I regret that the Region, without even informing us, proposed with this last minute amendment, sites so that the idea that the club could leave Paris would prosper”declared the PS mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, during the Paris Council, estimating that “the first vocation” of the 50 hectares allocated by the region “is to build a shopping complex”. If she calls for dialogue with the management of PSG, Ms. Hidalgo nevertheless warned: “It’s not to reintroduce the idea of ​​selling the stadium”she affirms, ensuring that a so-called long-term emphyteutic lease represents “the only possible way”. The current lease runs until 2043. Except that PSG does not want to hear about it and will not undertake any work without being the full owner. Dead end.

Co-President of Union Capitale, the leading opposition group, Pierre-Yves Bournazel believes that “taking legal action is a mistake, it will harden everyone’s positions. PSG is the Park. The Park is PSG. We need a solution with a new long lease that allows the expansion of the Park with a future project that makes Paris and all PSG lovers proud!”estimates the Councilor of Paris and the 18th arrondissement.

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A mess, a confusion, a kind of political-administrative hullabaloo.

David Alphand, Councilor of Paris in the 16th century and co-president of the Changer Paris group

Councilor of Paris of the 16th and co-president of the Changer Paris group with Rachida Dati, David Alphand “first thought it was fake news. You are getting bogged down in this matter”he continues, addressing the mayor of Paris, evoking a “a mess, a confusion, a kind of political-administrative charivari from which you cannot get out. You have decided to torpedo everything that revolves around PSG by taking it to court. That’s not our idea of ​​things.”. And to add, not without irony: “You, who have already wasted so much money, are you still going to spend the money of Parisians to initiate lawsuits in the Île-de-France region? But don’t you have better things to do, Madam Mayor? You are driving PSG supporters and football lovers in Paris to despair.” Continued in the next episode.