“Very smart to present a budget in December when we don't know what will come out of the finance law, but also very smart to know when there will be a finance law!“Clear response from the socialist mayor of Avignon to her opponents, led by Anne-Sophie Rigault (RN), who, on Saturday morning, in the municipal council, continued to criticize the decision of the majority of maintain the vote on the 2025 initial budget in December when no one knows the budgetary choices of the next government.
But Cécile Helle persists, signs and accepts. Basing his choice on his desire to reassure the Avignon residents and associative actors “who wonder about subsidies“, she insists: “For us, it was important to show that we had a direction and that we continue to ambitiously carry out our project through the budget now submitted to the vote..”
“Precarious balances”
On the fact, however, that this budget takes place in a context of great uncertainty, everyone will agree. But for Jean-Pierre Cervantes (EELV), it keeps the city in “precarious balances, the operating surplus being used primarily to repay borrowed capital and self-finance investments“. “How, in this constrained context, prepare for a stronger financial future ?asks the EELV municipal councilor. We propose another path based on ecological transition and territorial attractiveness. This involves in particular an ambitious energy savings plan and investments in renewable energies, in particular photovoltaics.“
