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Elected officials from the Haute-Garonne department will gather on Thursday, November 7, in front of the prefecture, Place Saint-Étienne in Toulouse. They are protesting against the budgetary restrictions imposed on local authorities.
The president of the Haute-Garonne departmental council, Sébastien Vincini, will be present at the rally against the budgetary restrictions imposed on local authorities, this Thursday, November 7 from noon in front of the Haute-Garonne prefecture.
This call was launched by the mayor (PS) of Colomiers, Karine Traval-Michelet, who decided to close her town hall in protest this Thursday. “For the City of Colomiers alone, the impact of government measures is estimated at around €3 million” explained Karine Traval-Michelet.
“The departments face a real major systemic risk”
The mayor of Toulouse, president of Toulouse Métropole Jean-Luc Moudenc, will also be present with the mayors of the metropolis. The mayors of Muretain Agglo also announce their arrival.
President Vincini believes that “faced with a profoundly degraded financial situation, the departments are facing a real major systemic risk”.
In Haute-Garonne, after analysis of the additional savings requested from communities by the government as part of the 2025 finance bill (PLF), the impact on the Department's operating revenue would be “of the order of 50 million 'extra euros'.
“Even stopping all our proactive policies would only generate a saving of around thirty million euros”
“In order to present a balanced initial budget, an effort of 164 million euros should therefore be made,” estimates the president.
The hypothesis for local authorities to concentrate on their “mandatory skills” would not make it possible to achieve the objectives necessary to balance their budget, believes Sébastien Vincini.
“In Haute-Garonne, even stopping all our proactive policies would only generate a saving of around thirty million euros, where we must seek 164 million euros of effort.”
