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Macron vows €1.5 billion to improve access as disabled people protest decades of inaction

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A disable man is helped climbing the stair to access the platform Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at the Melun train station, outside Paris. © Christophe Ena, AP

French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday that France is investing €1.5 billion to reinforce accessibility to public places for people with disabilities, a day after associations protested in Paris, angry about decades of unmet promises and showing how difficult it is for them to travel alone by public transport in Paris, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

President Emmanuel Macron, hosting a national conference on disabilities, conceded failures, noted slow progress, and promised concrete action for France's 12 million people with disabilities, including ahead of the Games. The measures’ details will be announced "before this summer", Macron promised at the Elysée Presidential Palace.

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