In the matter the Elysee is prohibited there

Should not only rely on the State to overcome the economic crisis. Local communities, which in themselves represent 73 of the total of public investments in France, have the capacity to react and to stimulate activity for little facilitates this task. "Yes, must be a local component to the stimulus plan", announced yesterday the head of State before the mayors. The head of State, who closed their 91st Congress, told them that he heard "exempt them for a limited time rules which paralyse the initiative", in the stimulus device "ambitious" of the economy whose content will be revealed by early December.

The President of the Republic indicated that must be below levels which local authorities are obliged to tender. The bar that is attached to them currently is 210,000 euros, against 135.000 euros for the State. "This costs them a crazy money", and because of this rule, "the lesser small investment met months before it can be committed". However, you need to know that more than half to 90,000 euros. Communities should more also have to rely, at least for a time, on the basis of price alone in their analysis of the offers submitted to them. To do this, "I me battrais at European level," promised Nicolas Sarkozy mayors. Also stated them that a place would be made to local communities in the device access to credit in the next stimulus plan.

Obviously, the President of the Republic also expect the local public sector that it returns the elevator. "If the State had not come to rescue Dexia, it is common 15,000 which today would be in the panade.". "We went to two fingers of the disaster", launched the mayors. Those, many, that the crisis concerned, the head of State replied that it was an opportunity to accelerate the modernization of the France. The restructuring of public services in the territory, with respect to the consolidation of judicial, military and hospital cards, not takes more than meaning. "Need defining a spatial planning policy adapted to the reality of today." "It is a priority for 2009".

With regard to the territorial reform, mayors can breathe. Not only there is not too common, but the election of the elected members of the intercommunalités by universal suffrage is not the order of the day. The head of State is "very reluctant" and fails to open "légimité conflict" between one and other. No question, for as easy on the redesign of the territorial levels and skills. "Must be given to six months for a consensus," said Nicolas Sarzkozy which the quinquennium should be marked by this reform.

The debate on the clarification of competences, which reflects the Balladur commission cannot hide that of the Organization of the territories. In the matter, the Elysee is prohibited there. "Is it absolutely necessary that all regions are organized in the same way." "I realize not", launched Nicolas Sarkzoy, taking the example of Normandy. Name of the respect for diversity, many adaptations are possible, without however some radical questioned, as the deletion of the departments. "Nobody living happen to do so, because the departmental identity in a large number of our regions, notably in the rural departments, it counts!". So, the urban fact deserves to be better recognized, for the competitiveness of territories. The large metropolitan areas, and therefore not only Paris, deserve to benefit from a special status. Issues on which the head of State was "six months, in any case until the spring" to see "if by some miracle", a consensus can be reached.