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The budget cut planned by the Barnier government impacts local authorities. In the Lot, they do not intend to give in and have taken a motion. Symbolic actions to close town halls also took place in many municipalities on Tuesday.
The pill is having difficulty getting through to local elected officials, and the National Congress of Mayors, which has been held since Tuesday in Paris, crystallizes their objections to the government's finance bill. Put on a diet of water and dry bread, local authorities do not intend to tighten their belts any further. At the start of the week, at the call of the AMF 46, association of mayors and elected officials of the Lot, and the AMFR46, association of rural mayors of the Lot, a joint motion was adopted.
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The mayors and elected officials of Lot, gathered in congress, protest: “the State has decided to hit us hard in the wallet”
She mentions “their firm opposition to these financial measures which demonstrate real contempt for communities”. She denounces “the unilateral decisions of the Prime Minister which are of unprecedented brutality”. She is worried about “the devastating impacts for the departments which will be asphyxiated”. She calls for “an immediate review of these decisions”.
A local echo to their protest
Not only do the mayors of Lot denounce the financial effort of 5 billion euros, including 3 billion taken directly from operating revenues, but they also point to the social security financing bill which provides for an increase in contributions. employers, representing an additional burden of 1.3 billion euros from 2025.
In parallel with the motion, the AMF46 and its president Jean-Marc Vayssouze, asked the 313 mayors of Lot and the 9 presidents of intermunicipality that a local echo be given, either by closing the town halls, or by organizing a time of exchange with the inhabitants. Many people followed the movement.
