Paris' Mayor Anne Hidalgo attends the 105th session of the Congress of Mayors organised by the "France's Mayors' Association" (AMF), in Paris, France, November 21, 2023.
REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsPARIS, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Paris will not be ready for the Olympics and Paralympics in terms of transport and sheltering the homeless, city mayor Anne Hidalgo has said.
"There will be places where (public) transport will not be ready because there will not be enough trains and not frequently enough," Hidalgo told news show Quotidien in thinly veiled criticism of Paris region president Valerie Pecresse.
The Ile de France (Paris region) Regional Council, led by right-winger Pecresse, is in charge of transports in the region.
Socialist Hidalgo said the RER (regional express train) station at Porte Maillot in western Paris would not be ready for the July 26-Aug 11 Games.
Persons:
Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Sarah Meyssonnier, Anne Hidalgo, Hidalgo, Valerie Pecresse, Pecresse, I'm, Julien Pretot, Ken Ferris
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Mayor, Mayors, Association, REUTERS, Rights, Olympics, Regional Council, Thomson
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Paris, France, Porte