The Court of Auditors has criticized the Marseille development plan. The prefecture of Bouches-du-Rhône has responded and defended itself.

The objectives of the plan are not clear, according to the report. A steering committee will meet during the month of March to share the observations of the report and collect comments from all the state services concerned, the prefecture says. The State services affirm that they are “fully mobilized, with all the communities and partners involved, in order to carry out the “Marseille en grand” plan.