The Assembly of the Departments of France (AdF), which is holding its annual meeting until Friday in Agen (Lot-et-Garonne), is ready to engage conditionally in the “trajectory” of control of the desired public expenditure by the government, its president François Sauvadet told AFP.
We are all aware that there is an effort to be made in controlling budgetary expenditure, recognizes the UDI president of the AdF, who will welcome Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne to Agen on Friday, whose listening spirit he salutes.
Even if the State is the first concerned (note: communities cannot be in deficit), the departments are ready to say let’s not leave our children in excessive debtunderlines Mr. Sauvadet, president of the department of Cte d’or, who ensures to have engaged in the co-construction with the executive.
It is a path of responsibility that we have embarked on with the government, he believes, specifying that co-construction is not the renunciation of our convictions after a first five-year term of Emmanuel Macron marked by strong tensions. between the executive and elected associations, all controlled by the opposition.
Like the president of Regions of France, PS Carole Delga, a month ago, the departments are therefore reaching out to Mme Borne. We are going to participate in this trajectory which is responsible, explains the president of the AdF.
We said (to the executive) that we really want to make an effort to control public spending, but not to the detriment of our actions, he demands, specifying that we have asked the government to get out of the trajectory the expenses decided by the State and whose departments are not masters like the increase in the RSA or that of the index point of the civil servants.
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In addition, M Sauvadet claims to have been heard by the government on compensation for soaring energy or food prices.
The trajectory as it is proposed aims to take into account the 4.3% inflation. We are going to make an effort of 0.5%, like the other communities and there will be a review clause in 2024, he explains.
Only then will we look at the situation of the departments which have exceeded the trajectory and the reasons why they have exceeded them, he underlines.