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Champions of absenteeism in Paris

I'll let you see this article published today by The Monde.fr which takes the position that my colleagues Pierre-Yves Bournazel David Alphand and myself have taken on absenteeism elected to the Council of Paris.

"Truancy", a "cancer" against which "the State must take action" on May 25 declared Nicolas Sarkozy, during a visit the Head of State in a college Oise. But high school students are not the only followers of truancy. Indeed, many Parisians elected left and right part very irregularly at both monthly meetings of the Council of Paris. Most municipal studying the possibility of adjusting the allowances of elected based on their participation (each councilor receives 3200 euros per month).

CHRISTINE LAGARDE CHAMPION OF THE EMPTY CHAIR
According to minutes of council, that participants must signing sheets, 70 of the 163 advisers in Paris already displaying four absences during the 22 municipal councils and 22 county councils which are held since the reelection of Betrand Delanoe.

The Monde.fr compiled from logs of the Council of Paris, the list of elected less present. Christine Lagarde, who was elected the 12th arrondissement and Minister of Economy, is the champion of the empty chair with 33 absences out of 44 sessions. His colleague Pierre Lellouche, who was elected the 8th and Secretary of State for European Affairs, occupies the third place with 22 absences.

Between the two ministers UMP ranks a majority of elected municipal actor Philippe Torreton, which has 23 absences before midterm. Many from the leaf of absence are parliamentarians. Daniel Vaillant, the Socialist deputy mayor of the 18th, was noted absent ten times, as David Assouline, Socialist Senator and adviser to the 20th. UMP parliamentarians are not more frequent Bernard Debre, elected the 16th, shows 14 absences, Francoise de Panafieu, elected the 17th chair and candidate for mayor in 2008, combined, tied with Catherine Dumas, UMP senator. Marielle de Sarnez MEP Modem was also a chronicle of the board absent (she resigned her office in Paris in April). "Some Assembly sessions bite on those of the general council," says Sylvain Garel, Chairman of the Green Council of Paris, for whom "it is the issue of multiple directorships."

Philippe Torreton is not the only elected "show biz" has zap board meetings: Firmine Richard, actress, voted the 19th, is also angry with the attendance sheet. Even some members of the executive are regularly absent: Yamina Benguigui, director, elected the 20th and deputy mayor of Paris for the fight against discrimination and Seybah Dagoma, PS 1 and elected deputy mayor in charge of the social economy and United have each been absent ten times. Dominique Bertinotti, Socialist mayor the 4th arrondissement was noted absent 12 times.

Pierre Charon, adviser Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace and elected the 15th, is no more assiduous (15 absences). Daniele Giazzi, vice president of the UMP group in the Council of Paris has pursued the policy of empty chair 11 times, as Lynda Asmani (New Centre) elected the 10th and Michel Charzat (MRC) elected the 10th. Katia Lopez (20th), Florence Berthout UMP (1), Michel Dumont UMP (7e) also exceeded the 25% absenteeism. The list is not exhaustive, it is only the most notable cases.

In April, the Regional Council of Ile-de-France decided to punish elected officials for absenteeism not warranted. The Parisians elected Greens have tabled a wish that similar arrangements in the elected assembly in Paris. Environmentalists were supported by three elected UMP: Pierre-Yves Bournazel David Alphand and Geraldine Poirault-Gauvin. "When you have a representative mandate, the least we can do is to sit," said Pierre-Yves Bournazel, counselor of Paris UMP. "It is time to change some habits. "It is possible to financially penalize elected Parisian dilettante," says Sylvain Garel.

"advisors EXPRESS"
"It would be a mistake to stop at an accounting for the presence of elected officials," said for his part Jean-François Lamour, president of the UMP group in the Council of Paris. "Some advisers have other political offices that make attendance difficult but strengthen their voice when speaking knew in our assembly," said the member of the 15th, taking the defense ministers of the UMP.

For the dippers, "you can not blame the MPs to be away from their constituents and deny them along a local mandate," argues former minister of sports. "Finally, the activity of an adviser in Paris can not be measured not only the number of times he may enroll in Council, but rather his involvement with the records, taken from his words, his work in the delegations, "he says. One point on which grant the all advisors interviewed in Paris.

exist yet in the Paris meeting of the "advisers express". "They come in plenary on Monday morning at 9 am, a bailiff trying to sign the attendance sheet, squeeze some hands crossed journalists and evaporate after a few minutes, "evidenced by several elected officials of both right and left. Rachida Dati, UMP mayor of the 7th, and Jean-Marie Cavada, who was elected New Center of the 12th, are regularly cited by their colleagues as the customary method. "The list of registration at the finish is still the only way to control the attendance of advisers," Ian Brossat tempers, chairman of the Communist group. "We're not going to point when not even the elect!"

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Jouanno Chantal, a minister who does not waffle!

I am happy to publish on my blog interview with the World by Chantal Jouanno, my colleague at the Regional Council, on the Grenelle Environment.

A brave minister, who claims his convictions, and that honors Paris.

Generation Sarkozy is in shape.

Jouanno Chantal: "It is now a Round Table 3"
WORLD 20.05.10

Jouanno Chantal, 41, is Secretary of State for Ecology since January 2009, after have been the adviser of Nicolas Sarkozy for sustainable development. Popular with environmentalists, she defended, with the Minister of Ecology Jean-Louis Borloo law Grenelle 2 to the National Assembly, taking a stand against his own side on some issues.

Law Grenelle 2 was adopted by the National Assembly on May 11 The opposition accuses you of "setbacks" ...

Do not fall into caricature. The law does not step back from what exists, it is a huge step forward. The problem of ecology is that we do not judge that on symbols: GMOs, pesticides, carbon tax ... With Jean-Louis Borloo, we ask to be judged on results, the number of wind implanted, the number of pesticides off the market ... Now the ball is in our court. To us to implement the Grenelle on the ground. The French drama is we believe that when we passed a law, the die is cast. Instead, it all starts now. We need elected officials understand the Grenelle. That's why I'll take my turn to France to "sell" the Grenelle on the ground.

Are you happy or disappointed, the text adopted?

can not say that it is 100% of what we wanted. This is normal, that's democracy. But the overall balance is positive. With the provisions on the building, biodiversity, agriculture, water hazards, it has something to move forward. On some subjects, we could have gone further, it is true. I have always been reserved on the implementation of the system of classified installations for environmental protection for wind turbines because they are not risk facilities. I supported the opportunity to experiment with congestion charging. On environmental labeling, we could go straight to the duty on certain products.

The economic and political context is it not become adverse environmental ambitions?

It will be less simple than before the Copenhagen conference on climate. At that time everything was "green", there was no dissenting voice. It could not last. I am not in favor absolute consensus on the ecology, because only the modes are consensual. Fortunately there was not a single thought on the subject or we enter into a technocratic dictatorship. Ecology must remain a political issue, which questions our society organization.

In 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy spoke of the New Deal, ecology should be placed at the heart of all public policies. This ambition has been abandoned?

Certainly not by the president, who took enormous risks on the subject. In the Grenelle, there were technical measures, and principles. The Law Grenelle 2 is the translation of various technical commitments. However, the principles, there is still to be done. The logic would go in a Round Table 3.

What would be its content?

The first topic concerns the follow-up report on Stiglitz measure of economic performance and social progress. I wish we were the first country to use these indicators. The issue is the review of all of our growth model, which does not take into account the finiteness of resources. It should also assess the impact of our development model in the long run, and inequality.

Finally, the generalization of the decision to five [state, local governments, employers, unions, NGOs] has not yet occurred. The long-term challenges involve a new model of democracy and public participation. We reformed the economic and social council, and set up a monitoring committee of the Round Table, but it is not enough.

Do not you fear that budget decisions are not detrimental action "green"?

The government pledged to review the tax loopholes. Everyone is concerned. To us to justify, for each existing device, it is an investment which will create jobs, or reduce the energy bill, not an expense.

The rumor about your relationship with the president, tough regional elections in Ile-de-France, remonstrate when you say "desperate" after the abandonment of the carbon tax ... What is your assessment of this difficult period?
I had a learning curve, together with a beautiful shot from March [laughs]. What I remember is that politics is one of the few places where it has the autonomy to do things. Even if we want 100 and we get that 50 is still 50. As for attacks, it needs to be done, but rather when it is not attacked need to worry.

Have you suffered from your outspokenness?
It is inherent in my own way of doing politics. It is important not to remain silent. Expected of a policy is satisfied. Afterwards, it's normal to be back, everyone is in his role.

Young women ministers have been reminded to order the government solidarity. Is there a generational conflict, a problem of machismo?

On the carbon tax, it was not a question of collective responsibility. I have insulted anyone. I learned of the decision in the press, so I had to take a tour of France to defend the tax. It was a funny surprise! On machismo, I do not believe some politicians when they ask me, now it's different.

What do you think of a possible candidacy of Jean-Louis Borloo in the 2012 presidential election, to unite the voices of the center and appeal to environmentalists?

garner votes in the center, why not? But to say that we will delegate to the first round the issue of ecology to a large part of presidential rally, I'm against it. That's what I criticized the Socialist Party, which leaves many years thinking about the topic to the Greens in Europe and now ecology. Ecology is not a separate subject, but a cross cutting issue which must permeate all other policies.

Interview by Gaëlle Dupont and Pierre-Jaxel Truer
Article published in the World 20.05.10

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2nd Conference of deficits: the regions are the empty chair policy

Valerie Pécresse and elected the group's Presidential Majority Regional Council of Ile-de-France, regretted the attitude regions, absent from the second conference held today on deficits.

Faced with a crisis of exceptional magnitude, the politics of the empty chair is an irresponsible choice. More than ever, state and local governments should join forces and work together to protect the French and their jobs by ensuring the stability and soundness of our economy.

In this spirit, Valerie Pécresse asked Roger Karoutchi, Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Regional Council of Ile-de-France, to identify the flexibilities available to the region capital to join the national effort to control public expenditure and take into account the stability of contributions paid by the state. A general review of policies franciliennes is indeed necessary and desirable: it should be the basis for preparing a responsible budget for 2011 and copy to halt the continuing rise in regional debt, up nearly 28% in 2010.

the beginning of this parliamentary term regional Valerie Pécresse estimated that the capital region should already ahead of the constitutional reform announced today by the President of the Republic and support the voluntary policy and virtuous state, now giving themselves a goal of deficit reduction over 4 years.

For their part, the group elected Presidential Majority are determined to initiate a thorough reflection on regional spending in order to present this fall to Ile a set of constructive proposals and courageous.

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May 17: International Day against Homophobia

fight against homophobia is the duty of elected representatives of the Republic and not only on May 17 Each day of the year, tirelessly, we must fight all signs of intolerance and hostility towards homosexuals.

Is it normal for a single woman is denied approval for the adoption of a child because of his sexual orientation? No! Is it normal that homosexuals are discriminated against at work because of their sexuality? No! HALDE (High Authority against Discrimination and for Equality) recently noted an increase of referrals related to sexual orientation.

Evidemmment, fine words are not enough. They must be translated into action. The fight against discrimination requires policy makers to have the courage to advance the legislation of our country so that it keeps pace with the evolution of society.

Also, I can only echo the movement's demands GayLib, movement associated with the UMP, which calls for the Presidential Majority meets two commitments it made in 2007: the development of a status for the second parent and the creation of a civil union between persons of the same sex who gives more guarantees that the PACS.

On this World Day of Fight against homophobia, I wanted to remind my beliefs that are shared by many young people elected to the right. For us to upset conservatives, while respecting the opinions of others, to build a more just and more tolerant.

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Elevators: the report is voted!

for 4 months I have participated in the work of the Mission Information and Evaluation of the City of Paris on the upgrading of lifts in Paris.

We voted yesterday the final report. It will be presented to the Council of Paris in June.

I'll let you see the article by journalist Sebastian Ramnoux released this morning by Le Parisien on the subject. I will have the opportunity more communication on this subject soon.

Elevators: The alarming failure of 840 000

The fact is rare enough to be underlined: all persuasions, elected officials in Paris have co-signed yesterday a report assessing the situation elevators in the capital. Led by Communist Councillor Ian Brossat, the assessment mission reported its findings yesterday before the debate to the council of Paris in June.

For four months, 16 elected officials have conducted numerous hearings, heard all the stakeholders (elevator operators, HLM donors, owners) before co-signing a 75-page report.
"This mission has revealed the extent of damage, although it was very difficult to get precise statistics, said Ian Brossat. The most reliable estimate comes from a private company that installed the "black boxes" on behalf of some donors over 3000 elevators (note: Paris has 50,000 in all). Result, an average of 17 failures per year per elevator, an estimate of 840000 breakdowns per year! "The elevator operators rather talk than 350,000 outages. According to the report, the only park of Paris-Habitat, the largest public housing landlord in Paris, 1046 their 3680 elevators are victims of at least 20 breakdowns per year.

average in Paris, an elevator is stopped one hundred and sixteen hours per year and the average response time is eight hours. "Behind these figures, there are tragedies, people sentenced to confinement, people with low incomes who pay their expenses and can not even enjoy their elevator," Brossat attack in January.

Remission standards critiquéeLe report identifies three main causes for these failures. First law of 2003 requiring Robien up to standard lifts by 2018. "Security is good, but the cost this plan is estimated at € 7 billion! A huge gift to the elevator operators, however, largely at fault in the degradation of the park, and are 4 large boxes to share the market! The mission also questioned on "understandings" between these four companies. "This bill focuses on the delivery standards at the expense of routine maintenance. In addition, the elevator operators themselves admit we laughed without a lift standards has given more blackouts! It would take six months to resolve, it is delusional! "Ian Brossat carried away. Finally, the report points to the lack of anticipation of donors.

Although they signed the report, UMP politicians do not endorse that diagnosis. "The law Robien was necessary for security reasons, said Jean-Didier Berthault, UMP seventeenth adviser who has assiduously followed the work of the mission. The report does not place enough emphasis on the actual damages which are in Paris. "Rated the fifteenth, Poirault-Gauvin Géraldine regret it, not having had enough time to get real statistics ... Nevertheless, 16 of the 20 proposals of the UMP were retained in the final drafting.

The main proposal of the report could be adopted at the next Council of Paris to use the penalties paid by elevator companies in case of repeated failures to bring down the charges tenants or modernizing the elevator.

Sebastian Ramnoux