Francois Hollande Thursday made a significant gesture to municipalities, announcing before the conference of mayors of France halving of lower provisions provided for municipalities for 2017 and the continuation of the investment fund established in 2016 . “I wanted for the year is still that my mandate to ensure that instead of two billion fewer endowments, there is more than a billion for the communal block” has said the head of state, applauded by some and booed by others.
in recent weeks, François Hollande has multiplied gestures, promising tax cuts for the “modest” in 2017 if it had the “margins” or giving a necessary boost to teacher salaries and more generally for civil servants. “I have considered, in the present state of our public finances, that I could do was what I could honor,” argued the head of state, who acknowledged that the situation was common ” tense and even unbearable for some “of them.
Stop punctures
Very angry against declining state grants, the mayors asked the stop draining. “The president heard a lot of these claims. It alleviates almost half the additional burden that was on the shoulders of municipalities and intermunicipal for next year, “welcomed Baroin, President (LR) of the Association of Mayors of France (AMF) .
François Hollande also announced the renewal in 2017 of the outstanding funds for investment of Commons, will be “brought to 1.2 billion” euros, 200 million more than in 2016 . on this new envelope, “600 million will be devoted to the priorities that the state shares with you in terms of investment, energy transition, housing, accessibility of buildings, and 600 million for small towns and rural life,” has -he said.
“a discourse of truth”
the head of state also announced a “special law” for the reform of the global operating grant (DGF ), the main financial contribution from the State to local authorities, which was originally to be built in the Finance Act 2017. “This is not defer too far, but to do well and do right,” a-t- he said, satisfying another claim of mayors.
Wind standing against lower provisions of the state, according to them “unbearable”, elected officials were waiting for strong measures to Francois Hollande. The head of state had their for his part promised “a discourse of truth.” Initiated in 2014 with a decrease of EUR 1.5 billion, reducing state grants to communities was to cover 11 billion from 2015 to 2017, at a rate of 3.7 billion per year.
with the result, a 25% decline in investment municipalities over two years (2014-2015), according to latest figures from the AMF, still above its initial estimates and threatening the fragile economic recovery. Beyond the only lower provisions, it is all the financial relationships of communities with the state that is at stake. The debate should take place in the discussion of the law on the reform of DGF in Parliament .
“It’s a good part of the way that is accomplished”
the AMF must meet June 30 to its instances “where necessary” new proposals. But one thing is certain, “we will go as far as possible to win the case,” assured Baroin. “It’s a good part of the road is completed, it is not all the way,” said he said after the announcements of head of state.
To maintain the pressure the association, which brings together more than 95% of the mayors of France will organize in March 2017 an “exceptional meeting” which will be invited to elect all candidates in the presidential election. The opportunity to remind them of the importance of mayors and local officials before the presidential and legislative elections in June.
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