Attacked from all sides on her budget, Christelle Morançais cancels her meeting with the mayors of Vendée

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The President of the Loire" rel="tag">Pays de la Loire Regional Council, Christelle Morançaishad to meet the mayors of Vendée this Tuesday, November 26, 2024 in Epesses. An exchange that she does for each department in order to meet the approximately 600 mayors of her region. The opportunity to discuss with them all the subjects that occupy and concern them.

“Personal attacks and insults”

We learned this Monday, November 25 that this meeting is canceled. In a letter written on Sunday November 24 and addressed to the Vendée mayors, Christelle Morançais justifies herself in a “difficult” context. There budget preparation is particularly complicated in the context of budget restrictions and protests are emerging from some political and union actors who refuse all perspectives savings. »

This sequence, which gives rise to a lot of false information, personal attacks and insults, consumes me and totally mobilizes me.

Having to defend herself against “the many caricatures” that have been made of her, the regional president preferred to postpone the meeting “when things have calmed down”. As a reminder, his announcement to save 100 million euros on the 2025 budget caused enormous concern, particularly in the world of culture and social issues.

The opposition deplores this cancellation

“This decision comes after the cancellation of a similar meeting (this Monday, November 25, Editor’s note) with the mayors of Loire-Atlantique, raising questions about the desire for dialogue of the president with local elected officials”, are alarmed by the opposition groups Ecology Together and Printemps des Pays de la Loire in a press release.

Minority elected officials criticize this cancellation. “Christelle Morançais must be held accountable for the 2025 budget she is preparing. While it must demonstrate transparency and explanations to all stakeholders in the region, it is once again refusing to discuss with elected officials. Would she run out of arguments? », asks the opposition.

For them, “this decline is the mark of the president's inability to explain precisely to the mayors and elected officials of the territory what budget cuts will be made, according to what criteria, for what objectives, and what the impacts on finances will be. communities”.

Faced with this situation, the opposition groups are asking the regional president to postpone the budget vote until the first quarter of 2025 and are calling for increased dialogue and consultation with elected officials and local stakeholders in order to clarify the impacts of decisions. budgets on local authorities.

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