“Our actions make sense, they deserve to be carried out”, despite the budgetary crisis, the message of hope from Hélène Sandragné, president of the Aude departmental council

The budgetary situation of the Department of Aude for 2025 will be complex. Hélène Sandragné, its president, recalled this, during her wishes this Friday, January 17, 2025. For the year to come, we therefore had to make choices, “faced with a capacity for action irremediably reduced by government choices and the current economic situation”.

However, to present a balanced 2025 budget, rather than drastic cuts, “We have carried out lacemaking work with the elected officials. But there will be repercussions. We will not be able to provide the same services. But we want to preserve the essentials, continue to be present, and reaffirm our usefulness”she assured.

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One of the major actions of the year will be, from September 2025, the introduction of single, social pricing in the department's colleges: “The price will be the same in all establishments, and it will be determined according to the social situation of the student, whether he or she is on a scholarship or not. The objective is to allow everyone to benefit from access to local food and organic”, developed Hélène Sandragné.

Major concern in the Department which will not be left aside in 2025, that of water management: “We will stand alongside the agricultural world wherever possible to guarantee access to raw water, provided that this does not compromise access to drinking water. Solidarity must be the basic principle of qualitative and quantity of the resource, which is our common good”.

Especially since the protection of biodiversity will be important in another major issue which will see progress in 2025: “The application file for the UNESCO world heritage listing of the Carcassonne fortress system will be submitted. This is the first time in France that a file has integrated the issues of biodiversity and climate change”. A support campaign will be deployed next spring to allow Audois to support this candidacy.

Hélène Sandragné also looked back at some of the many actions that have been implemented in 2024: the launch of the Aude l'Âme sud brand, the opening of a new reception structure for placed children, the passing of the Olympic flame, the implementation of Manger audois, for a more sustainable diet, or even the setting up of a traveling bus to bring gynecological consultations to the rural areas of the department… A inventory at Prévert to support: “Our actions have meaning, they deserve to be carried out.”