The concern continues in Ille-et-Vilaine. This Thursday, November 7, the president of the Ille-et-Vilaine Departmental Council interrupted the assembly session to make a happening in front of the doors of the Departmental Councilin Rennes. Around thirty elected officials unfurled a banner and signs to denounce the financial situation in which Ille-et-Vilaine is located. The department has done the accounts, 77 million euros will be missing from the 2025 budget if things don't change.
Two causes, Inflation and the finance bill
In question, on the one hand increased spending (33 million euros) linked to inflation, childhood, autonomy, RSA which will automatically increase due to the revaluation decided by the previous government. On the other hand, the department is preparing to record a drop in revenueparticularly concerning transfer rights, in other words, what the department receives during real estate transactions. Finally, the 2025 finance bill which provides for a 60 billion euro saving effort and whose vote in Parliament is scheduled for November 19, has consequences for local authorities such as departments. The PLF in fact provides for a “reserve” system which results in a 2% drain on departmental revenuewhich represents 22 million euros in loss of revenue, as well asa gel from VAT 2025which adds a loss of 12 million euros for the department.
A potentially devastating imbalance for 55,000 people
Every month, 55,000 people are supported by the Ille-et-Vilaine departmentin terms of child protection, disability, dependency, or even the fight against exclusion. And for these people, there is an emergency, explains Jean-Luc Chenut, the president of the department: “The situation is exceptionally serious, and is part of a national movement because many departments are concerned. We risk being in an untenable situation, even if we imagined the worst, namely abandoning all our non-compulsory skills, such as sport, culture and popular education, all this would not be enough to restore this balance“.
To highlight the consequences of this future imbalance, the Ille-et-Vilaine Departmental Council explains that a shortfall of 77 million euros would be equivalent to fifteen months of college closuresthree years without investing in the road network, or even 18 months of disability compensation benefits.
