This Friday evening, Florence Dabin, President of the Department, Philippe Chopin, Prefect of Maine-et-Loire, and Philippe Chalopin, President of AMF 49, presented their wishes to the strong forces of the territory during a joint ceremony which took place at the Hôtel de la Préfecture et du Département.
For Florence Dabin, this ceremony was first of all an opportunity to look back on the highlights of 2024, including the passage of the Olympic Flame in Maine-et-Loire on May 28 and nearly 100,000 people recorded on along the route.
Another notable element of last year was the Conference of the Departments of France in Angers in November, with the arrival of Prime Minister Michel Barnier and the presence of more than 1,400 delegates.
For 2025, the themes of autonomy, living better with your disability and aging well will serve as a pivot for departmental policy.
At the beginning of February, this desire will be manifested in particular by the presentation of a particularly ambitious plan to support structures caring for people with disabilities.
On November 5, the Angers Conference Center will also host the first edition of the Salon du Aging Bien organized by the Department and which will bring together many partners in one place.
The year 2025 will also be marked by the commissioning at the end of January of three Department Houses with the stated objective of providing better guidance or information. This experiment will concern Cholet, Saumur and Segré-en-Anjou Bleu.
Among the other subjects highlighted, Florence Dabin insisted on the Department's desire, despite a difficult budgetary context, to remain the primary partner of the municipalities by maintaining financial support and technical aid.
Other points discussed: the commissioning in the coming months of the Louroux-Béconnais bypass as well as the continuation of the effort to support intermunicipalities in the development of cycle paths, with the ambition of reaching the threshold of 200 kilometers of by the end of 2026.
During her speech, the President of the Department also recalled the unprecedented effort of the community in favor of SDIS 49, with financial support which increased from 27.7 M€ in 2021 to €34.3 million last year, an increase of 24% since the start of the mandate, making it possible in particular to provide this service with 50 new vehicles in 2025.
Florence Dabin also revealed the list of athletes who will join the new Team Anjou*. These 24 athletes (12 men/12 women, able-bodied or disabled) were selected from 66 applicants who had applied.
Finally, the President of the Department recalled that the year 2025 will also be that of the 75th anniversary of the Anjou Festival and the passage of the Women's Tour de France in Maine-et-Loire next July.
As for consultation with the various community partners and despite a very constrained budgetary context, Florence Dabin made it clear that “the method will not vary, with a desire to favor dialogue and collective reflection. Budgetary decisions will be made through sharing and refusing a doctrinal approach. If ambitions must be adjusted to means, I refuse vertical and abrupt decisions. »
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