This Friday in Libourne, Philippe Buisson justified this “symbolic” gesture in view of the efforts imposed on its inhabitants.
Le Figaro Bordeaux
In Libourne (Gironde), the 2023 vows ceremony will not take place. “As I shrink public lighting with night switch-off and where the gymnasiums are no longer heated, it seems to me to be a measure of common sense», justifies Figaro Philippe Buisson, the mayor of the town. With this cancellation, the city expects to save 8,000 euros in food costs. Above all, a drop of watersymbolic» faced with the increase in energy expenditure, estimated at 1 million euros, which will affect the budget of the local authority next year.
A gesture, which also wants to embody “budgetary sobrietyat a time when the French themselves are being called upon to make an effort. Instead of the traditional invitation to tastepetit fours and crémant», the six hundred usual guests and the people of Libourne are invited to the site of the commune. They will be able to watch a video of about ten minutes presenting the speech of the elected official.
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The wishes of the Libournais agglomeration maintained
Also president of the agglomeration of Libournais, Philippe Buisson specifies on the other hand in maintaining the annual ceremony. “The mayors are attached to it, it is important to bring together the intermunicipalities and to take the family photo“Said the former national secretary of the Socialist Party (PS). More modest, the solemnity brings together 350 people around a buffet four times “cheaper“.
In 2022, the event had already been canceled in Libourne due to the health context.
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