the monetary administration of municipalities, a supply of concern for voters | EUROtoday

At a time of procrastination over the state finances, will the French have an interest within the monetary state of affairs of their municipality throughout the municipal elections? The topic is undoubtedly much less concrete – and due to this fact much less salesy for candidates – than questions of housing, mobility or safety. It nonetheless stays a supply of concern for voters.

The administration and funds of cities ought to affect the vote, underlined the IFOP in a survey printed by La Tribune Sunday on November 15 on the way of thinking of French folks in municipalities of 5,000 inhabitants and extra, with a view to the March 2026 election. In this survey carried out amongst 2,525 folks, the priority for the monetary problem got here simply behind that of the safety of individuals and property, however forward of the problems regarding the cleanliness of town, the supply of care and even housing, transport, and thus seemed to be decisive sooner or later alternative of voters.

The first political echoes of the marketing campaign additionally verify it: whether or not in small cities or bigger ones, the March elections won’t ignore native funds. On the one hand, outgoing mayors aspiring for re-election promote the outcomes of their majority. On the opposite hand, the oppositions and their candidates are pleased to assault the monetary administration of the groups in place by casting disgrace on the evolution of this or that native tax and, above all, by relaunching the controversy on the extent of debt of the cities.

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