the State imposes an effort of 3 million euros for 2025

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In France, the Finance bill for 2025 makes local authorities cringe. This is the case in Louviers, where the last municipal council allowed the mayor to speak on this subject, but also within the Seine-Eure Agglomeration.

This Thursday, November 21, 2024, the community council took place in a particular organization. Due to the weather conditions, this took place by videoconference, with most elected officials following from home and participating in the votes. The main point on the agenda was the debate on budgetary orientations (DOB).

3 million euros less

The savings that will be made by the State next year, to reduce the public deficit to 5% of GDP, will weigh on local authorities, both municipalities and intercommunities. Within the Seine-Eure Agglomeration, this effort amounts to 3 million euros for 2025. This impacts the region's self-financing by more than 20%. Bernard Leroy (UDI), president of the Seine-Eure Agglomeration, declares: “This does not call into question the support for the municipalities: this budget fully respects the fiscal and financial pact. It continues to invest in the sustainable economic development of our territory, for its attractiveness but also the well-being and development of our inhabitants. »

So the 2025 budget will maintain aid to municipalities via the Community Solidarity Grant, thematic competition funds, engineering for building permits and public contracts, among others.

The president says that the future budget, which will be voted on next Thursday, December 19, will target “investments that create jobs and resources for the territory, which accompany the transformation of the productive economy with the decarbonization of industries, the production of energy renewables, the circular economy which makes people more economical and the social and solidarity economy which promotes social cohesion and non-relocatable employment. »

Territorial contract and bicycle plan

The other shortfall comes from the 2023-2027 territory contract. In fact, the Normandy Region has decided, to save money, to reduce all of its contributions to all territorial contracts by 15%. For the Seine-Eure Agglomeration, this is a loss of 2 million euros. “We will distribute efforts equitably by seeking maximum efficiency to avoid losing even more because there will be no review clause and any program not completed on time (2025-2026-2027) will be lost for the entire period. territory,” says Bernard Leroy. However, he is happy about one thing: “The Eure departmental council, for its part, has confirmed the maintenance of its aid to what was recorded in the model, that is to say 8 million euros . »

The Seine-Eure Agglomeration is, however, awaiting feedback from the State regarding its contributions to the 2022-2027 bicycle plan. As for funding from the Green Fund, it “seems to be partially called into question”.

“Resilience, demands and kindness”

Bernard Leroy concludes: “This financing coupled with our self-financing and a limited need for borrowing will allow us to continue to invest in the productive economy, in the residential economy including tourism, in renewable energies, the revitalization of wastelands. industrial activities, the promotion of heritage, the protection of our resources, our inhabitants and biodiversity. The budgetary guidelines of the Seine-Eure Agglomeration for the year 2025 are at the same time resilient, demanding and caring for the municipalities which make up our territory. »

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