native elected officers are divided, the Senate takes the aspect of the communes | EUROtoday

The senators’ stubbornness bore fruit. After acquiring the approval of Prime Minister Michel Barnier initially of the month, the Senate adopted a invoice on Thursday October 17 which authorizes mayors to not switch their powers in issues of water and sanitation to the town in 2026. The stage above, intercommunality. This is, till now, what the NOTRe legislation of 2015 offered for.

A textual content which “has sometimes corseted and standardized our country without taking into account the diversity of our territoriesdeclared Thursday the delegate minister responsible for rurality, former senator Françoise Gatel, during the debates. Let us learn from this mistake and put an end to laws that constrain, oblige and prohibit. Let us prefer laws that relax and facilitate, with confidence in our local elected officials as a compass. »

In the Senate, the assembly of local authorities, Michel Barnier has a solid majority. In an uncertain political context, this cannot be neglected. By his decision, announced on October 9, Michel Barnier knew that he would satisfy an old request from senators and that he would find the support of many local elected officials, at the very moment when he is asking them to make an effort of 5 billion euros as part of the 2025 budget. On October 9, the Association of Mayors of France immediately welcomed “a measure of freedom and efficiency”. “We didn’t do that against the intercospleads the senator from Aveyron Alain Marc, vice-president of the Senate. We want to give power back to the municipalities. Mayors will soon only have the power to marry, and people are no longer getting married…”

Costs incurred

But not all local elected officials think the same thing, especially those who bring intercommunities to life. In Le Havre (Seine-Maritime), where they organized their annual convention, from October 16 to 18, the atmosphere was not to welcome a “a measure of freedom and efficiency”. Vice-president of Mayenne Community, which brings collectively thirty-three municipalities and 39,000 inhabitants within the north of the division, Pierrick Tranchevent denounces “a waste of public funds”whereas the federal government requires monetary rigor.

Since realizing that they must assume “water and sanitation competence” by 2026 on the newest, the nation’s 1,254 intercommunal authorities have step by step put themselves in working order. According to Intercommunalités de France, 540 of them already perform these missions. Mayenne Community isn’t one among them. But the challenge has progressed properly and 100,000 euros have already been spent to arrange for the switch. “We labored on this for a 12 monthssays Mr. Trancheventand will every little thing cease? Who will reimburse us for the 100,000 euros? »

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