The associations of local elected representatives, bringing together the Regions of France, the Assembly of the Departments of France (ADF) and the Association of Mayors of France (AMF) will finally take part in the National Council for Refoundation (CNR), which is to be held at from Thursday, learned franceinfo, Monday September 5, confirming information froma journalist from Parisian.
After their meeting at the end of the afternoon with Emmanuel Macron, the associations of elected officials (Regions, ADF, AMF) will finally participate in the CNR. “The president has given pledges for a regular and direct dialogue (at least twice a year”, you explain to @franceinfo.
— Margaux Duguet (@MargauxDuguet) September 5, 2022
The AMF, ADF and Regions of France, all three united under the common banner of United Territories, had decided, during a meeting on Friday morning, not to participate in the launch of the CNR.
Associations of inter-municipal elected officials also questioned the President of the Republic on Monday in a letter that franceinfo was able to consult. The Intermunicipal associations of France and Urban France (which bring together all the metropolises, large cities and agglomerations) regret not having been invited by Emmanuel Macron upstream of the CNR which is to open on Thursday, and this, “despite the central role of the inter-municipal level and the big cities in the implementation (…) of local public policies”.
“We are asking you to agree on a hearing as soon as possible in order to define the terms by which our territorial level will be fully considered in a complementary approach to the CNR”specify the elected officials in the letter.
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The intermunicipal associations, which represent a total of “1,200 living areas”recall that all the associations of elected officials engaged last week “a cycle of encounters” initiated by the Minister for Ecological Transition, Christophe Béchu, the Minister for Action and Public Accounts, Gabriel Attal, and the Minister Delegate in charge of local authorities, Caroline Cayeux.
The CNR body must bring together political actors, unions, associations and citizens around several major long-term reform themes, such as full employment, old age, health or education. However, the CNR will see its opening session in Marcoussis (Essonne) snubbed by a large part of the opposition. And several unions have on their side announced that they would go there, with reservations. Confronted with this boycott, Elisabeth Borne deplored that the other parties “refuse discussion”while ensuring that “the door would remain open”.