the dangerous funds of municipalities, a serious problem for mayors | EUROtoday

“We must mourn the electoral project, we know that we will not be able to put it in place”laments Jean-Philippe Courtois, the outgoing mayor (numerous facilities) of Capesterre-Belle-Eau, commune of Basse-Terre in Guadeloupe, and candidate for re-election. When he arrived at city corridor, he took over from Joël Beaugendre (1950-2024), mayor (numerous proper) from 1995 to 2020. “We knew that the financial state of the municipality was complex, but we did not expect this level of deficit”says the present metropolis councilor.

This commentary is shared by many mayors, who took cost of municipalities after the 2020 elections. In 2019, the native press relayed the catastrophic state of affairs of municipal funds. Municipalities “close to bankruptcy”then headlined the day by day France-Antilleswhich revealed a form of “report card” who arrange “the self-financing capacity, the incompressible expenses, the level of debt and the capacity to recover tax” municipalities of the archipelago.

In 2020, many new mayors confronted the issue. Among the municipalities in worse form, that of Terre-de-Haut, in Saintes, considered one of whose earlier mayors, Louis Molinié (Union of Democrats and Independents, 2000-2018) was convicted of embezzlement of public funds, leaving the funds of the municipality cold.

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