What if “it’s the fault of Rennes metropolis” replaced “it’s Europe’s fault”? In the background of the complex question of the redistribution of tax aid within Rennes metropolis, a more general, and not necessarily new, criticism of the metropolitan model seems to be emerging.
It would be too much to the advantage of the city center. Too bureaucratic too. “Let’s say we’re not bad at over-regulating. Talk to real estate developers,” comments, with his sense of turn, the mayor of Chartres-de-Bretagne, Philippe Bonnin, faithful critic of the current majority. “The municipalities are fed up with calls for investment projects where you have to fill out exclaims Jean-Pierre Savignac, mayor of Cesson.
“When we centralize, we push users away
The metropolises have seen their influence grow and their skills broaden. It is “in place of the municipalities” that they now have control over the organization of mobility, the management of the main lines of economic policy, and the collection of waste. They are the ones who set the rules for town planning. They also create and maintain roads.
Some councilors have the feeling of being dispossessed of a form of power. Philippe Bonnin, mayor for almost thirty years, has seen the evolution of the metropolitan model, which he does not call into question in principle. “When we centralize, we remove the user from the places of decision-making and this is sometimes to the detriment of the expectations of the users of a municipality. »
This inclination, of elected officials, including the majority,…
