It was this Tuesday at the congress of the AMF, the Association of Mayors of France, thousands of elected officials girded with a black scarf covering their tricolor scarf, to protest against the 5 billion euros in cuts planned in the 2025 budget. The budgetary effort requested by the Barnier government concerns all local authorities, but for the AMF, it is the municipalities which are in mortal danger. The fault of the previous governments of Emmanuel Macron, believes the president of the association, LR David Lisnard.
As a result of these budget cuts imposed on municipalities, investments are threatened, particularly in terms of ecological transition. Example in the Paris region with the report by Rosalie Lafarge in Bures-sur-Yvette in Essonne.
Michel Barnier has promised the departments to reduce the effort that will be required of them. But for the moment, the overall figure of 5 billion requested from all communities is not called into question. And the associations of elected officials even estimate the bill at 11 billion euros. Many projects risk falling throughestimates Nicolas Garnier, general delegate of Amorce, the National Association of Communities for the Ecological Transition.
David Lisnard spoke of “the abominable situation” which Michel Barnier inherited. In a vitriolic report, the Senate, dominated by the right and the center, accuses the former majority of “irresponsibility” and “wait and see” in the face of the drift in public finances. A lie, replies the Macronist camp. Details from Antoine Marette.
News culture part two, a look at upcoming news. A call for a strike this Wednesday at the SNCFwith, according to management, some disruptions on certain regional lines and almost normal traffic on the TGV network. The railway unions denounce the dismantling of Fret SNCF, specialized in the transport of goods.
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