According Baroin, “no mayor in France wishes to recover the tax unpopularity” – Le Figaro

Wednesday, the president of the Association of Mayors of France promised a mobilization “history” of local elected at the 99th Congress of Mayors, held in Paris from May 30 to 2 June

the event will be opened by Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission and completed by François Hollande. The Head of State will undoubtedly be the most anticipated of the two guests since mayors are eager to know its decisions concerning their main concern. Lower provisions and its effect on local finances

Wednesday, during the presentation of the 99th Congress of the Association of mayors of France held in Paris from May 30 to June 2 the message was clear. For Baroin, AMF Chairman and Senator LR mayor of Troyes, it’s time to “stop the charges.” He considered that such an effort asked the authorities was “a serious mistake” of the state and reaffirmed the hopes of the association who claims the “suppression” of the 2017 tranche (€ 3.7 billion), despite the reluctance of Bercy. According to him, it is “cumulative effect” that has consequences on the budgetary balances of Commons. Defending elected not seeking, he said, to form a “procession of mourners,” but playing a role of “economic agents” and “investor” in the territories, he said that the general feeling was between “annoyance” and “determination”. “No mayor in France wishes to recover the tax unpopular,” said Baroin.

Also, the AMF promises an “unprecedented” mobilization “history” of local officials on the occasion of a three-day conference where all questions will be put through a series of eight debates and workshops. After reflecting on topics from health to the future of common through the prevention of radicalization, rurality, the State arbitrations, connected territories and the challenges of migration, the AMF will adopt a ” resolution”. As stated François Baroin, the highlight of the congress will be the word of the President of the Republic. Will he heckled, as has sometimes been the case? The AMF Chairman promised that François Hollande, there would be greeted with “respect” due to its function but also with a “shared intensity.”

“Never the town has been threatened, never the town was also necessary “

André Laignel, first deputy chairman of the AMF and mayor PS of Issoudun (Indre) stressed, too, the “exceptional” nature of the appointment of mayors last Congress before the presidential and legislative elections in 2017. “never the town has been threatened, never been so common necessary, “he summarized, before quoting Jean Jaurès, as a hope and firmness message:” a current is irreversible by the laziness of those who should oppose it. ” Then, immediately, he added a promise. “We will not be lazy”

Without progress on the content of advertisements Francois Hollande on June 2 André Laignel acknowledged that stopping declining endowments constitute the “very good news” of 2016, but Congress he discussed other tracks as “sprawl” and the “compensations”.

for his part, Philippe Laurent, Secretary General AMF and UDI Mayor of Sceaux, praised the efforts and community adjustment capacity but has relativized ads from lower deficits than expected explaining that under the guise of less bad than expected figures were hiding from other realities as the decline of local public investments (-27 in 2015) or the increase in revenue caused by higher prices and local tax (4% on average).

Philippe Laurent even mentioned a “dangerous gap” in the minds of mayors, a kind of contradiction between the municipalities and the state. According to him, the vision of “long term” local elected faces of interlocutors that “giving the impression of thinking short term.” Stressing the importance of local investment to maintain quality of equipment and utilities, the general secretary finally invited the state to “avoid” a “catastrophe” in “ten years”, he said, risk costing “more expensive” to communities.