Michel Fournier declared himself “angry”, after the support of the Prime Minister for the strengthening of links between prefects and intermunicipalities.
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“It’s intolerable.” The president of the rural mayors Michel Fournier said in “anger”Saturday, October 8, and promised to bypass Elisabeth Borne to speak directly to Emmanuel Macron, after the Prime Minister’s support the day before for the strengthening of links between prefects and inter-municipalities.
The anger of Michel Fournier during the@Rural_Mayorsof France after the remarks of@Elisabeth_Borne #macommuneestutile the municipality is the basis of democracy and local public action https://t.co/dUAsexbpna
– AMRF (@Rural_Mayors) October 8, 2022
In an intervention before the Convention of intercommunalities of France which was held in Bordeaux, Elisabeth Borne had “rejoiced” Friday of the reinforcement of the “tandem between the prefect and the president of intercommunality”, considering it to be a “driving force for public action”. “The couple that must exist is the prefect-mayor couple, because the intercommunality is not a community”, recalled the president of the Association of Rural Mayors (AMRF). “The mayor/prefect couple must be the basis of the functioning of the local state”, he insisted on Saturday evening in a press release consulted by franceinfo.
“Our reaction will be very harsh”promised Michel Fournier who spoke to the rural mayors of Saône-et-Loire. “This means that Elisabeth Borne, whom I met last week, I will ignore and I will speak directly to the president to clarify this situation”he said, in a video posted online by the AMRF, which has 10,000 members and which usually maintains a peaceful dialogue with the executive, unlike other associations of elected officials controlled by the opposition. .