A morning of pointless controversies between a “boiling” Christian Estrosi (was he still under the influence of the night of celebration with the supporters for OGC Nice’s conquest of Europe?) and part of the opposition that criticizes a lot but eventually ends up voting for the resolutions, while another part would vote against its own proposal if they could present one…
It is the snapshot of a somewhat surreal session where lexical challenges found their anchor in the most banal terminology: General interest, ideological reasoning, pragmatic environmentalism, land capitalism, etc.
In short, a little Niçoise salad, just to make sure you understand very little… Everyone playing their part knowing that, in any case, it won’t change much.
On one hand, democracy is also about the reality of numbers and what can the minority do other than oppose with no chance of changing the course of things?
On the other hand, didn’t Alexis de Tocqueville talk about the “dictatorship of the majority” when discussing democracy and its functioning?
Two important points were up for deliberation and voted on.
One, the inclusion into the Metropolis of the communes of Gilette, Bonson, Le Broc, and Gattières (former constituents of the Coteaux d’Azur agglomeration facing dissolution), aligning with the prefectural territorial scheme and expanding the Metropolis’ area, bringing the number of its communes to 49 from January 1, 2014.
The other, much more contested by the representative of the Greens, Marie-Luz Nicaise, due to its impact on biodiversity and today’s agricultural lands*, was the opinion on the creation of the concerted development zone of Grand Arenas, Nice Méridia as part of the relocation of the MIN to La Baronne* to create conditions for the implementation of the Exhibition Park project, four operations that, along with the Allianz Riviera, will give shape to the OIN of the Plaine du Var, which Christian Estrosi considers the flagship project to provide Nice with an innovative developmental axis and job opportunities.
Furthermore, the president of the Metropolis could not have been clearer: Employment, employment, employment – that is the word he emphasized throughout his interventions. “The OIN should bring us 20,000 new jobs by 2025,” he said, listing the 4,231 that had already been created or secured.
It must be said that the tally is a bit generous, considering the inclusion of the 1,300 (future) jobs linked to the Cap 3000 extension, which, frankly, has little to do with the OIN, except perhaps its contiguous territory.
In short, when times are tough, you have to know how to cling to anything!
