Elisabeth Borne announces aid for the departments and reassures them about their future

A speech to reassure. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced on Friday, November 10, an envelope of more than 230 million euros to help the departments, meeting in congress in Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin), to finance their child protection and aid expenses. to autonomy. Responding to the serious concerns of elected officials about the possible elimination of a stratum of communities in order to simplify the “territorial millefeuille”she assured that“today and tomorrow, the department is an essential level for local public action”.

“To succeed, we must first give you the room for maneuver and the necessary means. In a word, give you the freedom to act,” she added. To help the departments finance assistance for the autonomy of the elderly, Elisabeth Borne announced that the National Solidarity Fund for Autonomy (CNSA) would release a “first envelope of more than 150 million euros” in 2024. The president of Departments of France François Sauvadet welcomed a “significant effort” of the State even if the requests were twice as high as what was obtained.