All the presidents of regions, all political sides combined, are calling for financial guarantees and a "
true major reform of decentralization
" to "
promote local freedoms
" in a column published on the
Journal du Dimanche
website , in the run-up to of the Congress of the Regions of France.
Presidents and presidents of regions ask the government to provide the "
guarantee of a stable financial framework and compensation for transferred missions and exceptional expenses linked to inflation
".
They also want to be "
engaged without delay in a real major reform of decentralization
", so that "
local elected representatives have a clear and exclusive responsibility, and the means to implement it
".
“
The state must focus on sovereign issues.
It is a question of efficiency
”, judge these elected officials, among whom the socialist Carole Delga, president of Regions of France and the Occitanie region, Laurent Wauquiez (LR), at the head of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Valérie Pécresse, president of Ile-de-France and former right-wing presidential candidate or her ex-competitor in the primary LR Xavier Bertrand (Hauts-de-France).
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“
This reform must enshrine the principle of differentiation and therefore establish real local regulatory power.
It must recognize the specificity and history of our island or overseas territories.
In the intangible framework of the one and indivisible Republic, it must allow autonomy, promote emancipation, promote local freedoms
”, continue the bosses of regions, including overseas communities.
According to them, "
the government must find a new way of working based on dialogue and co-construction
" in order to avoid "
our country from suffocating under verticality
".
In July, the State and the regions committed themselves, during a meeting around Elisabeth Borne, to a "
new partnership
" aimed at providing "
concrete answers
" to the French to achieve "
full employment
", integrating the "
ecological transition ” or invest in “
clean
” means of transport
.
The 18th Congress of the Regions of France is held Thursday and Friday in Vichy (Allier).