Reclaim the countryside. The Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, is traveling Thursday, June 15 in Liglet, in Vienne, to present the axes of the plan “France ruralities”. It includes some forty measures to respond to the specific challenges of the rural world. It’s the culmination “a year of particularly intense partnership work centered on the issue of territorial equity”, assured the government on Wednesday during a press briefing. Follow our live.
A “Villages of the Future” program to help small towns. The plan aims to help municipalities carry out their projects, such as programs for the revitalization of city centres. Among the long-awaited measures, the villages will be remunerated thanks to an endowment “biodiversity” which will be increased by 42 million euros “more than 100 million euros”detailed the government on Wednesday, in order to protect the “rural amenities”. This includes, among other things, protected natural areas.
Assistance for transport. A fund of 90 million euros over three years must be released. It will help local authorities to deploy mobility services “innovative and united” so that people “be less dependent on their car”said Matignon on Wednesday.
Elisabeth Borne meeting elected officials. The Prime Minister is expected in La Trimouille, where local elected officials will present to her the social mobility systems implemented by the municipal council, as France Bleu reports. Elisabeth Borne will then stop at the Ecomusée du Montmorillonnais for a lunch with local stakeholders in Saulgé.