Cut, glued, redistributed, then rescotchée … the map of France with regions was protean in 2014. But the Parliament finally adopted Wednesday, December 17, a new division into 13 territories, which officially exist 1 st January 2016.
Alsace thus merges with its neighbor Lorraine, a little to the west, with the Champagne-Ardenne, forming an almost equally large set that Belgium; The Nord-Pas-de-Calais will marry Picardy despite the disagreement Martine Aubry, the Socialist mayor of Lille; Burgundy and Franche-Comté have already said yes before the vote; Midi-Pyrénées and Languedoc-Roussillon will unite; both Normandy that will no longer; Auvergne is going to exist with its powerful neighbor Rhône-Alpes; Aquitaine agrees to a marriage with three Limousin and Poitou-Charentes.
This extensive regional puzzle was wanted by Francois Hollande. To get there, while the territorial government reform purred, President of the Republic throws on 14 January a stir by calling for a merger of the municipalities, departments and “first regions whose numbers can change. “ Thunderclap for the executive of the 22 regions and 101 metropolitan departments and as many local baronies
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Who is going to merge? How many regions disappear? As in the review of the reform on cities, local officials are gearing up arguments and treat their networks from the Elysee. Objective:. Pass between the drops of a bill they could do without
Will France is composed of 12, 13, 14 or 15 regions? North MP Bernard Roman recalls the conditions in which was designed the 22 regions of France in 1982: “Pierre Mauroy had first presented a map of sixteen regions, but Mitterrand was told that there was over sixteen socialists who wanted to become regional president. The Prime Minister came out of the office with twenty-two regions. “ Manuel Valls, just arrived at the head of the government agrees to turn to simplify the ” territorial millefeuille “. During his policy speech on April 8, it sets the target of halving the number of regions.
The new frontiers, “I have already in mind,” Marylise Lebranchu advance in May, the Minister of State reform, decentralization and public service. But it is at the Elysee that decisions are made. François Hollande draws in his way, by multiplying consultations, phone calls and handshakes. The first pieces of the puzzle are easy to place “We first officially recorded marriages that seemed natural. Alsace with Lorraine, Franche-Comté and Burgundy, and two Normandy. We then isolated regions that were too big to merge, such as Ile-de-France and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Then we identified those that had a very marked history and identity, “ says a government adviser.
Breton cases
In the West, a reconciliation of the Loire and Brittany could draw. This plan has the support of Jean-Marc Ayrault, former Prime Minister Bernard Poignant, former mayor of Quimper and presidential advisor, and even Jacques Auxiette, socialist president of the Loire. But this is reckoning without the influence of Jean-Yves Le Drian, the Minister of Defence, former chairman of the UK and very close to the president. He opposed any merger with its neighbor. He will get succeed, demonstrating the power of the Breton lobby.
Britain left alone, the Elysee must rebuild his card to find equilibria around cities or coherent living areas, a challenge. In the last hours of consultation, the Loire Valley were first married and then with the Centre Poitou-Charentes, this latest version has previously been defended by Ségolène Royal, Minister of Ecology and former president of the region. Finally, on 2 June in the evening, Francois Hollande bracket and provides a map of the press 14 regions in which it leaves the only Nord-Pas-de-Calais, pressure sensitive Martine Aubry. It forms a large area merging with the Centre Limousin and Poitou-Charentes, he marries Alsace and Lorraine, Champagne-Ardenne and Picardy … But all arbitrations will last only a few weeks.
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This is July 15, PS group meeting that a new map is plotted for 13 regions do more varied, to the dismay of relatives of Martine Aubry and northern MPs who fulminate of being assembled with the Picards and Alsatians who refuse union with their neighbors. Despite a passionate parliamentary battle, new frontiers are asked
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The territorial reform is far from over. The Senate began debate this week on the consolidation of Community competence. A more technical part of the “big bang” territorial wanted by the government, but much more important in the goal of a true act III of the decentralization.
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