France/Nancy. The Department wishes to test the decentralization of the RSA
A little sparring during the presentation of the supplementary budget. While the opposition considers it unambitious, the majority highlights its "good management" and "prudence", dictated by an unfavorable economic context and an uncertain future...
It is up to the State to finance the RSA. This was one of the battle horses of the late Michel Dinet when he headed the department. Since then, communities have seen the cost of the RSA explode, while their "fiscal autonomy" has been reduced. His successors may have the opportunity to return to a "recentralization" of this minimum social benefit. While the approach is provided for in the 3DS bill, two departments are already experimenting with it: Seine-Saint-Denis and Pyrénées-Orientales. The system is to be extended to ten or so local authorities. Meurthe-et-Moselle, a "land of social innovation", would like to be one of them.
Unconditional or nothing
To become a pilot department, yes. But not at any price, warns Chaynesse Khirouni. For example, there is no question of derogating from the principle of unconditionality: "If, in return, recipients have to work for free, in that case, we will not apply. The RSA is a protection against extreme poverty.
The experiment does not aim to recentralize all the expenses financing the allowance, but only their increase. In ten years, the number of RSA beneficiaries has risen from 19,500 to 22,150, while the community has spent €1.241 billion over the same period," says Jean Loctin.Too much public money has been spent without any requirement for effectiveness and efficiency. Your support translates into a pile of measures. I am surprised that the 70 support structures have never been brought together."The vice-president in charge of autonomy, Catherine Boursier, is surprised that "the elected representatives of the opposition decline invitations to meet with them.
Budget "without audacity
The right-left standoff continued throughout the presentation of the supplementary budget. The balance of the 2021 fiscal year amounts to €139,975,138, but if we take into account the remaining funds to be reThe balance for the 2021 fiscal year is €139,975,138, but if we take into account the remaining operating expenses for 2022, it amounts to nearly €88 million, of which €14.8 million is for investment expenses and €47 million for operating expenses.
The rapporteur, Pascal Schneider, recalled the recommendations of the Banque de France, which calls for caution on the part of local authorities. Jean Loctin reacted by saying that the budget was "not bold": "The debt level is €195 million. At the time of Michel Dinet, it reached €400 million. What about the college plan, which is running out of steam? What about the Lunéville castle? No major project has been implemented.
Michèle Pilot's reply: "Caution is the best policy. It is on this program that our fellow citizens elected us a year ago. It is thanks to this prudence that we have the means to carry out our projects like the nursery, which has just been inaugurated."
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