A week ago, during the Vaucluse mayors' show, Dominique Santoni raised his fists against the State, its hyper centralism and especially the cuts in the upcoming budget then estimated at 15 million euros for Vaucluse in 2025 “. I don't know yet how I balance this budget », announced President LR of the Department.
This Friday, we should not be much further ahead during the budgetary orientations report, placed at the opening of a plenary session of 27 reports. Because the finance bill has still not been voted on, or even passed in 49.3. Absent during the mayors' meeting, the prefect of Vaucluse will however be present before the session. Thierry Suquet should not venture into the financial perspectives but will present the annual report of the State in the department.
Himself a (very) former president of the Savoie departmental council between 1982 and 1999, Michel Barnier has somewhat reassured the current leaders of these communities. At the conclusion of their congress last Friday, the Prime Minister announced “ significantly reduce the effort required » to the Departments while portraying its desire to involve them in any decision impacting their finances. A speech of appeasement appreciated by Dominique Santoni.
Regardless of the final amount of savings claimed by the government, the president promised not to cut spending in the area of agriculture and aid to municipalities. To close the budget, faced with the drop in revenue – “ sluggish in times of crisis “, notes the budgetary guidelines report -, the Department is clearly aiming for savings in social spending, which nevertheless “ explode due in particular to the increasing vulnerability of people already in difficulty “. The conditional payment of the RSA should provoke a reaction from the left-wing opposition.
