Haute-Marne: This president sells the goods of his department on Leboncoin to protest against the 2025 Budget

The 2025 budget is a source of concern for many French departments, all of which feel stifled by widespread budgetary restrictions. Nicolas Lacroix, who heads the Haute-Marne Departmental Council for Les Républicains, plans to sell his community's property as a sign of protest against the measures taken by the government.

Department presidents worried about their budget

Several department presidents express their concern about the 2025 budget, which they consider to be a serious threat to the balance of their finances. Nicolas Lacroix, president of the Republicans of the Departmental Council of Haute-Marne, decided to protest against this finance bill by putting up for sale real estate belonging to his department, such as the prefecture, the courthouse and around ten gendarmerie, on the Leboncoin website.

An unusual action to alert public opinion

During an interview on France Info on Monday October 21, Nicolas Lacroix declared that the measures announced in the finance bill were direct, unfair and brutal. He decided to act in an unusual way by selling departmental premises to draw attention to the consequences of government decisions affecting the departments. Its objective is to alert the French and make them aware of this worrying situation.

Disastrous consequences for the departments

Nicolas Lacroix emphasizes that the departments are ready to make efforts, but that they will not be able to support the levies as they are currently planned. He warns of the consequences of budget cuts, which could paralyze departments and prevent them from financially helping municipalities, associations and making essential investments, particularly in the field of health. He insists that solidarity towards people with disabilities and the elderly could be compromised if drastic measures are not taken.

• Individual solidarity allowances could be frozen
• All French people, whatever their income, should contribute to this effort

Nicolas Lacroix recalls that the departments pay three individual solidarity allowances, namely the disability compensation benefit (PCH), the personalized autonomy allowance (APA) and the active solidarity income (RSA). He underlines the importance of national solidarity in this context.

Finally, it should be noted that the deputies of the National Assembly will begin examining the 2025 budget this Monday, which provides for a reduction in the deficit of 60 billion euros. This finance law involves significant savings for communities, in particular 5 billion euros for the departments, which raises legitimate concerns among department presidents.