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Numbers and words.
Thursday, the council of the metropolis of Nice Côte d'Azur, chaired by Christian Estrosi, was agitated.
"Pop corn !"
, laughed in advance a local collaborator.
For good reason, the budget orientation report, which Nice-Matin
echoed
on the eve of the debate, woke up – if necessary a little more!
- the rivalry between the “Estrosiste” and “Ciottiste” clans.
The state of the city's finances is back on the table.
Since the beginning of the year, this has been one of the major points of tension between the two camps.
In January, the city councilor of Nice defended himself in
Le Figaro
.
"I have a cash flow that makes me prioritize certain things, I'm not crazy"
, he explained with reference to the accumulated debt with the City of nearly 2 billion euros.
It is an understatement to say that this budget orientation debate was expected by the opposition.
But also tied up by the majority.
Among the points to remember - therefore sensitive - the creation of a new Gemapi tax (management of aquatic environments and flood prevention), up to 8 euros per inhabitant and per year.
"A storm tax Alex"
, insisted the first deputy of Nice Anthony Borré in a turbulent assembly.
By way of comparison and to justify itself a little more, the report specifies that a similar tax exists in other urban communities, such as Toulon (11 euros) or Sophia-Antipolis (16 euros).
“Its proceeds may finance the construction or maintenance of embankments, dikes or other protective works”
, can we read in the long document of 57 pages.
It will be applied in 2024.
Calculation of TEOM at the heart of tensions
Another point of tension: the increase in the household waste collection tax (TEOM).
This would be reassessed by two points, from 8.46% to 10.46%.
This would increase the property tax for owners since this tax is levied there.
By how much exactly?
Here is the debate of the figures, translation of the bickerings between the two clans.
“No one cares, it happens if we notice it.
I do not understand why they ignite with that”
, is astonished an adviser.
On the majority side around Christian Estrosi, we temper and recall a context of inflation.
“He knocks on the door of all ministries for help!”
, mocks a detractor.
For this TEOM, it is only an increase of 3.66 euros, as hammered Pierre-Paul Léonelli, the vice-president of the metropolis.
Per month or per year?
Per household or per capita?
In total, a gain of 23 million euros is estimated.
The calculator came out on the side of the "Ciottistes" and the deputy of the Alpes-Maritimes, once is not custom, himself drew the pen to detail his result.
“While you are taken by the throat by the Leviathan that you yourself gave birth to, you are forced to increase, again, the taxes of the inhabitants of the metropolis”, denounced Éric Ciotti
.
For him, this increase translates into a demand for the portfolio of citizens
“over a hundred euros”
.
“Mr. Courier and Mrs. Tweet”
His sidekick, the parliamentarian for the fifth district of the Alpes-Maritimes Christelle d'Intorni, who sits on the metropolitan council in her capacity as an elected representative in the village of Rimplas, was also on the offensive.
In the morning of France Bleu Azur, first, calculating the increase to nearly 300 euros for the taxpayer.
Then, she insisted in the assembly of the Mediterranean university center late Thursday afternoon.
"What is your source?"
, launched Christian Estrosi.
"You're not listening to me!"
, retorted the deputy.
All on savings claimed on “delusional”
projects
according to Éric Ciotti: here is the disputed demolition of the Acropolis convention center again.
An argument also underlined by the ecologist Juliette Chesnel-Leroux,
“mismanagement”
and an
“impoverished metropolis which no longer has the choice but to rely on the money of its inhabitants”
.
Environmentalists are also worried about the abandonment of projects in the hinterland,
"sacrificed"
to bail out the coffers.
Lieutenant Anthony Borré went there with his reply.
Figures... and therefore words.
“The magic festival in
Nice was successful and I have the impression that it is not over with the magnificent duo Monsieur Courrier
(Éric Ciotti, editor’s note)
and Madame Tweet
(Christelle d’Intorni)
.”
More than a short message tapped on the social network, the parliamentarian filed, on Wednesday, a provocative bill in this context.
It aims to
“empower elected officials in their management of public funds”.
And targets Nice and Paris in particular.
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