This bet is a misreading of globalization

The future of the capital region deserves more than the text of Act comes to be voted to the National Assembly. I would like to return to some ideas simple to explain why I cannot agree to rest there.

Need to strengthen the attractiveness of the metropolis. It is an essential issue. The Government reduced this challenge to an inadequate proposal: build on the creation of production areas specialized as a locomotive of the territory. This bet is a misreading of globalization. The vitality, the performance of the economy do more today to the presence on a small territory of actors in the same sector. It is entrenched in networking, sharing and interpenetration. Companies, research laboratories themselves organize network claim border effects, as evidenced by the dynamic successful a few large global competitiveness clusters, the image of Cap Digital in Ile-de-France.

Public policy must strengthen the attractiveness of the city and, at the same time be the guarantors of social justice and a good economy of resources. This is the sustainable city. My belief is that by fighting for a just metropolis, construct a sustainably attractive metropolis. For those who experience and not first for those who do that cross.

Our territory, because it is in the heart of globalization,'s every day put in competition with the capitals of the world. But, a few kilometres away, often in the same city, alongside commitment in the world and urban segregation economy. Part of those who live the Metropolis: students, nursing, personal service, employees, workers - the popular classes - are struggling to find their place in this space in mutation. It is time that public policy change gear and unfurl at a relevant level. It is the only way to seriously tackle the territories of relegation, to construct a sustainable development because it creates the link between territories.

I am convinced that the scale of the metropolis is fundamental, he must invent urban policies shared at this level, on housing, on the resorption of the unworthy habitat on the economic attractiveness, on the commitment to the environment... Because it is there that is played daily life of millions of people and builds the city of tomorrow. That is why, as early as 2001, Paris hired a committed work of cooperation with all of the interntional elected to build the outlines of a common project. This is the meaning of the creation of Paris metropolis, space unpublished collective development between elected representatives of all sensitivities have highlighted their willingness to take the issues where citizens live.

Yes, like many, I found encouraging the remarks of the President of the Republic the last 29avril. While he presented projects of architects who have been exposed to the public in the city of architecture, he had in fact called "agora" Paris metropolitan area, and seemed open to fair synergy with local officials. The result was not the height. Therefore, the Jean Nouvel architect who recently lamented that "confrontational Bill which gives no guarantee of a public utility if it is not connected to an urban strategy specified and located(LeMonde,21octobre2009). The work of planners are a rich source of ideas, collective thoughts, confrontations and debates that I plead again so that we can collectively capture us these issues and develop common responses.

I therefore propose the State a modern and effective partnership to invent the Paris metropolis of the 21st century. On the international consultation of the Grand Paris teams, with the State, region, Paris metropolis, and the Association of mayors of Ile-de-France, create the Atelier du Grand Paris. Stop of choice, identify the territories and the Metropolitan priority projects and let us give meaning to this approach. Paris metropolis is already committed on this path by working with these ten teams.

In particular, strengthen the Metropolitan construction, is to allow Paris metropolis grow in pursuit of its opening in the direction of mayors and interntional politicians from right and left. The society of the great Paris, created to build the "great eight" transport in the Ile-de-France, is a technical tool designed by and for the State: it can only and must be the location of metropolitan governance. It must invent in Paris metropolis, designed as place of action who undertakes, develops instruments of solidarity, of concrete Metropolitan projects on housing, employment, sustainable development. Paris metropolis is the pole where need to invent new relationships between communities, with the citizens, taking to find a new path that does not reduce to the conventional institutional patterns. Democracy must resume its rights in the debate on the Metropolis: so we will be issues and a certain idea of the greater ambition.