Lucie de Perthuis, edited by Gauthier Delomez 06:24, March 13, 2023

The sidewalks of Paris have been welcoming more and more waste since the beginning of the garbage collectors' strike against the pension reform.

According to the town hall, more than 5,000 tons of rubbish were not collected on Sunday.

According to Sylvain Maillard, Renaissance MP for Paris, Mayor Anne Hidalgo has the means to act.

After seven days of garbage collectors' strike in Paris, waste is accumulating on the sidewalks of the capital: this Sunday, the town hall had more than 5,000 tonnes of uncollected rubbish.

A situation far from delighting the inhabitants, who fear the arrival of rodents on the surface.

This strike movement, triggered in response to the pension reform, impacts a whole chain, from garbage collection to incinerators.

And the situation is likely to get even worse since the last waste treatment center, so far spared by the strike, in Romainville in Seine-Saint-Denis, is in turn shut down.

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In this context, what solution is offered to the socialist mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, who supports this movement?

According to Renaissance MP Sylvain Maillard, elected in the 1st district of the capital and in favor of pension reform, the municipality has the means to react.

"What we are asking for is that there be requisitions to unblock the incineration sites and unblock the dump trucks which cannot, at present, do their job", affirms-t -he at the microphone of Europe 1, in reference to previous requisitions in the field of fuels.

"In the days to come, it will be worse and worse"

The first vice-president of the majority group in the Assembly evokes "the thousands of tons of waste which are piling up in Paris", and according to him, "the organized blockage will mean that in the days to come, only going to get worse and worse."

The deputy estimates that "in two or three days, the city will be completely covered with waste".

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At the microphone of Europe 1, Sylvain Maillard addresses Anne Hidalgo: "It's not like being mayor of Paris. She can move, or in any case show that there is a political will to support a requisition and ensure that those who want to strike do so, but do not block".

And the close friend of President Emmanuel Macron adds that it "makes Parisians live in waste".

“We ask him to take care of his city and find solutions to unblock dump trucks and landfill and incineration sites,” concludes the deputy from Paris.