The suburbs go to war with the capital on Autolib '

"You take me for a ball! The voice of Philippe Brillault, LR town hall of Chesnay (Yvelines), rises in the hall of the town hall of the 12th arrondissement of Paris, where took place on Tuesday the meeting of the elected representatives of the Ile-de-France with the union council Autolib'Vélib'Métropole (SAVM).

Faced with the virulence of Philippe Brillault, the president of the SAVM Catherine Baratti-Elbaz struggles to hide his annoyance, while some elected officials can not repress a smile. A collective of twenty communes formed around the mayor of Chesnay to protest against the end of the car-sharing system
Autolib '. And its members seem not to have said their last word.

"Who does not dispute acquiesces"

The collective reproaches in particular an "excess of power" of the mayor PS of Paris Anne Hidalgo towards the smaller municipalities or more far away from the Ile-de-France. "Paris does things without us. It is unacceptable not to have all the information – or too late – on the subject ", plague Benoît Blot, deputy mayor of Plessis-Robinson (Hauts-de-Seine) and support of
Philippe Brillault

Among the communes, Arcueil (Val-de-Marne) is worried about the "ability to act" of Smovengo while the company "announces a lot". Bois-Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine) wonders about Smovengo's success. "We paid a heavy price, we commons suburbs. It was hoped equal treatment between cities, "slice Maisons-Alfort (Val-de-Marne).

" Doing nothing is to accept, "finally warns Philippe Brillault, detaching each syllable by staring at his colleagues. Before crossing the eyes of Catherine Baratti-Elbaz again: "We will vote against in any case. We just can not accept that. The group is therefore considering filing an appeal with the administrative tribunal. But to anticipate the two months of taking charge of this appeal, they also intend to ask for a summary and have surrounded themselves with three law firms.

A transitory solution for the summer

The Vélib 'resist as well that bad, but are not forgotten by the discontented elected. Rosny-Sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis) bitterly regrets the delay and abandonment sometimes of the construction of some stations, for a cost often vague and very high. "We will accompany the mayors," promises the SAVM.

Waiting to agree, elected officials have decided to make a gesture for users: from July 16 to August 31, the first half-hour Vélib 'mechanical or electric is offered. The union also announced the reimbursement of subscriptions for June, July and August.