It is a document from the board of directors of Île-de-France Mobilités (IDFM) that The Tribune was able to procure before a meeting next week. A deliberation by the transport organizing authority in the capital region scheduled for the session of October 10, 2023. A simple double-sided sheet as part of the 2023 budget orientation debate. Signed by its president Valérie Pécresse, the paper is extremely clear since it is called “No to the Navigo package at 100 euros per month”.
In mid-September, the president of Île-de-France Mobilités was worried about how she was going to be able to finance the additional operating costs of public transport in the Ile-de-France region caused by the soaring prices of gas and electricity. She had indicated that she had to find 750 million euros.
Almost three weeks after having publicly alerted to its funding needs, the boss (LR) of the regional council lists in this document the requests to be made to its partners. No question of a “lower supply” to save this famous additional cost of 750 million euros. Especially since today, attendance has returned to 80% of its pre-Covid level. This “would be disproportionate”, writes Valérie Pécresse. “Maintaining the offer is essential in order to allow the resumption of attendance and to fight against climate change”, she argues.
300 million euros could come from DMTOs
refusing to let the “only users bear the cost” of this situation, the regional president considers that it is ” necessary ” to obtain new revenue from the State. To achieve this, it would thus suggest increasing transfer duties for consideration (DMTO), that is to say part of the “notary fees” paid by each seller of housing, professional or commercial premises. , land, and to allocate the increase in these additional Ile-de-France revenues to the transport organizing authority in Ile-de-France. Today, these taxes are collected by the department.
Valérie Pécresse also turns to companies. In the event that the previous request is not accepted, the president of IDFM would ask companies with more than six employees, who pay the mobility payment, to increase it to 7.5%. According to our information, this could bring him 300 million euros – out of the 750 million sought – but this requires changing the state budget.
Valérie Pécresse would also ask the State to lower the rate applicable to public transport from 10% – since January 2014 – to 5.5%. If this is voted, it would allow him to pocket another 150 million euros.
The regional council will invest 51 million euros
To seek another 200 million euros, she hopes to recover them from the RATP of the SNCF (100 million each) via “a reduction in the fixed cost of contracts” but in return for a “extended duration” of these.
Finally, it remains to find the remaining 100 million euros on the side of the communities this time. Valérie Pécresse turns to the majority shareholder of Île-de-France Mobilités, the regional council and asks it to invest 51 million euros. It also asks the departments to get their hands on the portfolio to the tune of 49 million euros, which would be borne by the seven departments in the Ile-de-France region and the city of Paris. 30.38% for the city of Paris, followed by Hauts-de-Seine (7.742%), Seine-Saint-Denis (3.749%), Val-de-Marne (3.014%), Yvelines (1.593% ), Essonne (0.98%), Val-d’Oise (0.907%) and Seine-et-Marne (0.637%).