Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne on Friday opened to communities the “reflection” on “real decentralization” announced Monday by Emmanuel Macron, proposing to associations of elected officials to “lead this new stage together”.
We have to unite. This is why we need a new method in our joint work, affirmed the head of government before the annual meeting of the Assembly of the departments of France (AdF), which was held until Friday Agen (Lot -et-Garonne).
My first conviction is that we must take a new step together for a real decentralization, she affirmed, after the president of the AdF, the UDI Franois Sauvadet, had asked for more freedom for the departments.
I am convinced, as the President of the Republic said, that we must change the model around differentiation and proximity, added Ms. Borne, quoting the speech of Emmanuel Macron who promised real transfers of responsibilities on Monday and financing, during a trip to Mayenne.
We must carry out these reflections with you as with the other communities, assured the Prime Minister, the day after a speech by President LR of the Senate, Grard Larcher, who was ironic about the decentralization desired by the Head of State.
Without being cruel, this is the third announcement: 2017, then 2019 and now 2022, he said. I hope that this is finally the right announcement for our territory and for our country, he added, provoking the laughter of the participants in this annual congress of the AdF who rose to applaud him.
In addition, Mrs. Borne assured that the communities would benefit next year from compensation of 10.4 billion euros in VAT in return for the contribution on the added value of companies (CVAE), a production tax that the departments, municipalities and intermunicipalities.
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In its draft budget for 2023, the government wants to abolish the CVAE over two years. Mr. Larcher asked Thursday for the postponement of one year of the application of this measure.
This amount is significantly higher than that collected by communities this year, or 9.3 billion, said Ms. Borne.
Faced with soaring energy prices, the Prime Minister has undertaken to present soon (…) a national mechanism to limit the rise in energy prices, (as well as) a safety net for all communities to be put in place for 2023.
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