They can’t take it anymore. At Sept-Mares, a high school in Maurepas (Yvelines), the staff like the 800 students and their parents are tired of leaking roofs. False ceilings that collapse. Sick agents not replaced. Tinkering. And the region, which multiplies the announcements on high schools, but hardly responds to the concrete requests of this establishment like the others.
“She provided the students with laptops, which is good, but since there are no outlets in the rooms and the devices are discharged in half a day, they are not used. testifies Anthony Dekhil, professor of philosophy and member of the board of directors. What we need is a real modernization of the premises, and recruitments. ” Parents of students are angry: “The commitments made by the region have not been kept, the dilapidation and lack of personnel are becoming alarming”, Nathalie Munier-Lelong (Unaape) and Christian Nieto (FCPE) are moved.
At the head of the leading French region since 2015, with 12.3 million inhabitants, Valérie Pécresse has made Ile-de-France a showcase for its voluntarism and rigorous management. What she has achieved in the Paris region, she will do nationwide, “With as much efficiency”, hammer out his support. In July 2020, just before declaring herself a candidate for the Elysee Palace, she had the regional council vote on a series of texts and affirmed that 80% of her campaign promises were now on track, just twenty days after her re-election . Who says better ? For 2022, it already guarantees “The establishment of the“ regional health mutual ”, the“ regional youth bank ”, a tariff shield for transport or even the educational reserve against dropping out of school”.
Its opponents, them, underline the gap between a well-oiled communication and a less sparkling reality, as at the high school of Maurepas. “During her campaign, Valérie Pécresse announced 10 billion euros for the environment, 1 billion for health, another for Val-d’Oise, etc., but six months later, we have not yet given the color of it all ”, considers Maxime des Gayets, the boss of the Socialists in the regional council. “With her, we are often in the clear lie, even says his macronist counterpart Laurent Saint-Martin. For example, she constantly says that the state is abandoning the region. In fact, he is financing the stimulus plan that she presents as hers! ” Accusations rejected by supporters of the candidate of the Les Républicains (LR) party for the presidential election: “Valérie has for her a solid balance sheet in the region, we do not call her for nothing the ‘Lady of doing'”, replies his lieutenant Vincent Jeanbrun, mayor of L’Haÿ-les-Roses (Val-de-Marne).
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