A warning and several messages addressed to the government.
Convinced of the role they have to play in the country's economic recovery as well as in the next vaccination campaign, local elected officials have just called on the government three times in two days.
On Monday, six associations of mayors (AMF, APVF, AMRF, Villes de France, urban France and ADCF) demanded the
"confidence"
of power by asking it
"means to act"
to save the economy.
Affected by an increase in charges and a drop in revenue, these municipalities of all sizes have sounded the alarm.
“Territorial fractures risk worsening if no strong public action is taken to preserve the economic fabric,”
they said.
The next day, during a press conference of the Association of Mayors of France, its president, François Baroin, warned the executive in clear terms.
Insisting on the weight of local authorities in the country's public investment (nearly 70%), he
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