Carole Delga denounces “petty egoisms” and “fallacious arguments” of the mayor of Bordeaux against the prolon – franceinfo

Friday, October 29 on France Bleu, Carole Delga responded to the mayor of Bordeaux, denouncing his “small egoisms” concerning the extension of the LGV Sud-Ouest. Thusday, the ecologist Pierre Hurmic called for “stop this crazy project” which consists in extending the line to the south of Bordeaux, in particular towards Toulouse.

It’s easy, when you’re mayor of Bordeaux, when you’re two hours from Paris, to explain to others that they don’t need to be close to Paris. There is a real injustice, a real territorial inequality.

Carole Delga, president of the Occitanie region

to France Bleu

“We have funded Tours-Bordeaux to the tune of 300 million euros” recalled Carole Delga, standing up against “these shortcuts which are fallacious: to say that by doing work on the existing line, we will save time”, added the one that is also spokesperson for Anne Hidalgo in the 2022 presidential election.

“When we are in charge, we must choose the solution that brings the maximum benefits”, she continued. “I’m not going to deny that there is less agricultural land or that there are impacts on villages or populations. But the benefit of the LGV is clearly and very largely positive. That’s what it is. you have to remember. And then you have to act “, assumed Carole Delga.