Will the political class manage to come to an agreement?
A week after the announcement of the creation of a commission bringing together the executive and the opposition, the possible postponement of regional and departmental from March 2021 continues to divide.
“
It is up to the government to take its responsibilities.
If the government considers it necessary for reasons related to Covid, let it take the initiative,
”said the ex-LR president of the Association of French Departments (ADF), Dominique Bussereau.
As far as he is concerned, the president of Charente-Maritime has always been personally in favor of maintaining democratic deadlines.
The former Chiraquian minister also said that only a dozen presidents of departmental communities had voted for a postponement of the elections, on the 104 departments of France.
On October 12, in
Le Figaro
, seven presidents of departments, mostly from the Grand Est region, requested a three-month postponement.
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Dominique Bussereau also invited the government to take two factors into account.
The first is the already effective opening of certain campaign accounts, which would probably involve a cost to be covered.
The second being the “
vote on budgets
”: ordinances would be needed to provide for the postponement of these votes.
While waiting to have Jean Castex in front of him, on November 6, Dominique Bussereau expressed his hope to find solutions with the government concerning the finances of the communities.
Because the departments are facing a dizzying increase in RSA requests amounting to 1 billion euros.
