On decentralization, “We have seen speeches, we have proposals, now we need action”launched the President of the Senate, Gérard Larcher, in 2023, through the presentation of proposals from the Palais du Luxembourg “to give back to local elected officials their power to act”. Three years later, these actions are nonetheless pending. Upon his arrival in Matignon, Sébastien Lecornu had nonetheless promised to relaunch this venture, talked about many instances, together with by the Head of State, however which nonetheless by no means got here to fruition.
The Prime Minister then introduced a “new act of decentralization, clarification and local freedom” earlier than the launch of a session on this reform. The details of the invoice presupposed to translate it had been to be offered on December 17, 2025. The textual content ought to then have been formally unveiled in the beginning of 2026. This was not the case.
The authorities rapidly realized the problem in maintaining to its schedule, as a result of present occasions dominated by the agricultural disaster and, above all, by discussions on the 2026 finances. Exchanges between ministries additionally proved advanced in bringing in regards to the reform, specifically, on the way forward for regional well being companies. A query on which the world of well being has mobilized following the want expressed by Sébastien Lecornu to switch a part of the missions of those companies to the departments.
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