François Hollande wants to try to end the interminable blockade on the airport of Notre-Dame-des-Landes with risky weapon of the local referendum, which also allows him to gain entry to the government of Emmanuelle Cosse so far patroness of Europe Ecology-Greens.
a encysted record for twenty years
“At one point we must make a decision, we know that construction to start in October, and many here in October I ask the government (…) to hold a local referendum so that we know exactly what the people want “ said Thursday the head of state.
“If it’s yes and the people want this airport, then everyone will accept this decision. If not, you know that it is a project supported by the State, the State will draw the consequences “, he said. Mr. Holland has challenged all “bargaining” , but the result is that the return to government of environmentalist results in a decline encysted on this issue for over twenty years.
the project of Notre-Dame-des-Landes, which dates from the 60s but was revived in the late 90s, have poisoned the five year term of Francois Hollande. The agreement between the Socialist Party and EELV to the 2012 legislation already included an agreement to disagree on the airport construction.
The arrival at Matignon Jean-Marc Ayrault, Mayor of Nantes and fierce defender of the project, on behalf of noise, security and economic development that does not allow the current airport in the town, had put the issue on the table.
“This is more tricky than anything else”
François Hollande has stressed that his former prime minister belonged to the Government at the prestigious post of foreign minister. “You know how it is attached to the airport” , he recalled, suggesting that both Jean-Marc Ayrault as Emmanuelle Cosse, opponent fierce the project would now be bound by the result of consultation.
“I have always defended the principle of a referendum so that’s good news,” , said Ronan Dantec, Senator EELV of Loire-Atlantique. But he has qualified, “there are conditions: he must give ourselves the means to find a rule of common game between the pros and cons” . He cited the issues of the referendum calendar, its scope and the finalization of the ongoing studies for voters to be fully informed.
Opponents not really satisfied
“This is more tricky than anything else” , reacted Denez L’Hostis, President of France Nature Environnement, first environmental federation of France (3000 assos), which is ” unfavorable “ to a local referendum in his ” source of manipulation “.
regional Advisor of the Pays de la Loire, Sophie Bringuy (EELV) has regretted that the president has not taken the step of a “abandonment” outright. For the referendum, it will organize “public debate” , “a complete review of all the information on this issue,” as well as “study serious, independent on optimizing (the current airport) Nantes-Atlantique “, has she said.
” It is clear that this referendum is price of a bargain for the entry of government to environmentalists’ , commented the president of the Bruno Retailleau region (LR), for which the President “refuses to decide” .
While no one expected, the government announced in early February “effective engagement of work” of the airport building. But the Minister of Ecology Segolene Royal had shown much less so. Opposed to the maintenance of this project, it commissioned a report to assess projects “alternative or complementary” at the airport.
The site has been occupied since 2009 by anti-capitalist activists who take turns on this holding zone (ZAD) renamed “zone defense” . They intend to protect an environment they feel fragile and allow farmers from the site continue operations. On January 25, a court ordered the expulsion of the last historical locals, including farmers.
The work never resumed since 2012, already delayed for four years a project that should have been completed in 2017.
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