Elisabeth Borne announces to mayors an additional 100 million euros

Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced, Thursday, November 23, before the mayors meeting in Paris a budgetary increase of 100 million euros for municipalities, as well as some targeted aid for their “give the means to act”.

After coming briefly the day before to the nearby mayors’ lounge, where President Emmanuel Macron could not go this year, to greet their “common determination” to reindustrialize the country, the Prime Minister did not arrive empty-handed.

“Better compensate elected officials”

“I have decided to increase the municipalities’ DGF (global funding allocation) by 100 million euros,” she declared at the close of the 105th congress of the Association of Mayors of France. This extension will be added to the increase of 220 million euros already included in the budget currently being examined in Parliament, so that “the DGF of municipalities will increase at the same rate as inflation”, she assured, welcoming a “clear and clear increase in the resources of our communities”.

The government will also maintain “the electricity price shock absorber”, which will reduce the bill for local authorities by more than a billion euros this year. Always in order to “provide the means to act” to mayors, Elisabeth Borne announced an additional envelope of 15 million euros next year in particular to “better compensate elected officials from small rural communities”. A prelude to the supposed law “improve (their) working conditions” And “strengthen (their) status”, that Emmanuel Macron wishes “finalize” in 2024.