The General Council assembly, which was supposed to debate budgetary orientations, has approved the proposals of President Eric Ciotti. They will be voted on next December 12.
Some criticisms did indeed come from the socialist and communist oppositions, expressed in a polite manner but without affecting the relaxed and almost convivial atmosphere of the assembly.
It should be noted that President Eric Ciotti acts more like a genuine “Anglo-Saxon speaker” than a traditional majority leader. This is evidenced by the fact that opposition interventions were always accompanied by praise for the good management of the departmental community.
Moreover, no interventions came from the majority advisors, whose silence is admirable, except for those who had to present deliberations and did not go beyond simply reading a text.
In short, there were no dissenting voices in sight!
In fact, more than an assembly with the traditional opposition between majority and minority, one might have thought they were in an English club on Pall Mall where behavior and good relationships take precedence over individual or group opinion differences.
That said, in 2015, the revenues available to the department will decrease by 30 million due to, on one hand, the reduction in state allocations and compensations, and on the other, the decrease in own resources (transfer duties and tax revenues).
The good management of the territorial community is reflected in the control of operating expenses, the securitization of the debt, and a stable loan volume. Despite this, the investment effort will be maintained, allowing continuity in the investment program and aid to municipalities in terms of solidarity.
Of course, President Ciotti will propose maintaining the current tax levels, which allowed him to criticize what he calls the “catastrophic economic policy of the government focused on taxes rather than reducing expenses.”
The oppositions then limited themselves to a critique of pure form. Francis Tujague, on behalf of the communist group, found himself allied with Eric Ciotti in criticizing the government and requested an integration of 20 million in investments to give some breathing room to the local economy.
Marie Louise Gourdon had, in this unfavorable context, the difficult task of defending the majority parliamentary policy and did so by recalling the support measures adopted by the Government despite difficult times: The perpetuation of the increase in transfer rights, increase in FCTVA, possibility of the RSA allocations resumption at its cost.
The deliberations of the preliminary budget will allow for a more detailed breakdown of the figures that will shape the orientations.
Other minor deliberations were adopted unanimously.
Just a reminder about maintaining the call for innovative health projects and the special grant to Professor Hoffman’s team for their research work that has been discussed in recent weeks.
