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” A dull anger and despair. » This Thursday, November 21, 2024, the words of Christophe Counil, community advisor delegated to Major Urban Planning Projects, reflect the general feeling of the elected officials of Le Mans Métropole regarding the budget cuts announced by the Region.

Christelle Morançais, president of the Pays de la Loire Region, announced that she wanted to 100 million euros in savings (40 million at the request of the State and 60 million on its own initiative) in a tense budgetary context.

Christelle Morançais “probably thinks she’s Elon Musk”

“It’s a massive blow. » Christophe Counil deplores the local consequences of the budget cuts announced by Christelle Morançais.

The regional president probably thinks she is Elon Musk or the Argentine president by cutting into the budget with a chainsaw

For her part, Patricia Charton, vice-president of Le Mans Métropole, delegate for economic and commercial development, believes that “the Region is not playing its part. role of guardrail in relation to this difficult situation.

Marietta Karamanli, community advisor and MP, deplores the “zeal” of the Region while Yves Calippe describes the Region as “complicit in what the government is doing and the impoverishment of communities”.

Aid for the local mission eliminated: “it is the deterioration of support for young people towards employment”

The announcement fell like an ax on the Local Mission. It is paying the price for budget cuts: the Region is turning off the tap on subsidies (nearly 3 million euros across the entire region). At Le Mans, this does not result in the loss of a subsidy 280 000 euros.

It is the deterioration of the reception and support of young people towards employment

An announcement all the more criticized by elected officials as the Region often puts employment and youth at the top of its list of priorities.

Alluding to the Big Bang Employment Region, Quentin Portier criticizes the Region: “the president prefers to repaint the city blue and put in a big wheel rather than having advisors who respond to requests from young people… »

Health center, Chronolignes… projects are not or no longer subsidized

The elected officials of Le Mans Métropole have listed other examples of regional grants purely and simply deleted.

While the construction site of the future health home multidisciplinary started in October in Coulaines, the town learned that it would not benefit from funding for the project. “We are losing the subsidy of 158 000 euros », underlines Stéphane Le Foll.

The president of Le Mans Métropole discusses, as part of the Chronolignes project, the creation of mixed docks to accommodate Setram buses but also those of Aléop, regional buses.

“We requested two grants for 2.4 million euros, it's 0 “, he castigates. “We are well in the mobility and it is a competence of the Region: it is not normal not to have subsidies. »

“We touch on the heart of what public action is at the local level”

Conversely, Stéphane Le Foll highlights the financial contributionof Le Mans Métropole to projects such as “the regional center of excellence” or the future site of the Fab'Academy which, technically, do not fall within its prerogatives. “And we didn’t hesitate to help. »

We touch on the heart of what public action is at the local level

Despite this tense budgetary context, Le Mans Métropole reiterated its commitment, already formulated last October, to continue the investments.

They will not be called into question but some operations will be smoothed over time. With a promise: “we will not increase taxationlocale ».

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