How many young people are they learning?
Are there more police on the streets?
Where have the most fines been put for drug possession?
How many homeless people were accommodated?
This Wednesday, January 13 in the afternoon, the ministers should collapse under the statistics.
The government seminar convened by Emmanuel Macron changes method.
For once, in addition to the question of possible new reforms to be launched, if the health situation allows it, it will be a question of evaluating the projects in progress.
Clearly, it's already time to take stock.
A “public action barometer” will thus be unveiled to participants.
Special feature: it will not be reserved for ministers under the seal of secrecy.
The government wants to make it a "transparency operation".
In the afternoon, this substantial database, available at national level and by department, will be put online on the government.fr website.
"There is a year and a half left to act"
"People will see what works and what does not work," says someone close to the head of state.
It is not a tool for the presidential election, but a democratic breath.
"" There is still a year and a half to act, underlines the Minister of Transformation and Public Service Amélie de Montchalin, who led the evaluation.
We have plenty of time to pick up on the five-year term.
Our compass is the daily life of the French.
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In short, it is a question of showing that the reforms have not been suspended, that everything does not come down to the Covid-19 epidemic.
It is also an opportunity for Emmanuel Macron to put under pressure the ministers who are lagging behind, the administrations which resist and the departments which do not play the game. Five months before the departmental elections, some community presidents risk screaming at the politician maneuver ...
In detail, the authorities are proud to have achieved the duplication of classes of CP and CE1 in the most popular districts.
And to have almost completed the cycling plan, even if the geographical differences are strong: the Creuse with its 10 km cycle tracks is pale compared to the 2000 km of the Gironde.
The government has also audited projects that have not yet reached their goal, such as the deployment of nursing homes or the conversion of old vehicles into cleaner models.
The government expects 1.5 million people asking for an ecological bonus or bonus.
They are 900,000 for the hour.
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The regal subjects are not forgotten: police patrols have increased on the ground by 1% since 2017. The government is evaluating the response to complaints of domestic violence.
"We could have done an advertising trick all to our glory, but that's not the idea, we want the figures to feed the public debate and allow problems to be unblocked", explains an adviser.
In terms of failures, the Pass Culture, promise of the candidate Macron, collects a pitiful 8%.
The extended sorting of waste in yellow bins concerns only 32% of French people.
Finally, some projects, decided not long ago, such as the limitation to 24 pupils in the major section, CP and CE1 classes are only just beginning to be set to music.
There remains a shadow on the board: how were the policies scrutinized: what about unemployment?
Why, in terms of ecology, for example, not include renewable energies or the closure of coal-fired power stations?
“We could add the number of electrical terminals per department,” replies Amélie de Montchalin.
In any case, we reserve the right to complete the tool as and when.
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On the deployment of fiber, there are still many disparities.
The government had promised to hunt down white areas.
After three years in power, the results are mixed.
Fiber coverage actually depends on the joint work of the State, telecom companies, departments and town halls.
Urban territories are in the lead, like Paris or Hauts-de-Seine.
But some rural areas have also boosted such as Lot or Aveyron.
With only 9% coverage, the Ardèche is at the back of the pack.
Its neighbor Haute-Loire has a rate of 46%, yet with a similar geography and a hilly landscape.