The mayors want to continue deciding the implementation or not of certain large industrial projects in their territory, considering it “unacceptable” for the State to decide for them, after the presentation this Tuesday in the Council of Ministers of the bill on “green industry”. “Although the AMF had the opportunity to participate in the preparatory work for this bill and shares its objectives (…), it strongly opposes its article 9, which constitutes a new and serious attack on the powers of mayors, and (…) to local urban planning skills”, criticizes the association of elected officials in a press release.
According to the AMF, the mayors and presidents of the inter-municipalities must “be able to decide on the industrial sites that should be developed in their municipality and their location.” In particular, he criticizes the government for having allowed a “compatibility of the Scot (territorial coherence scheme, editor’s note) and the PLU (local urban plan, editor’s note)” for “projects of greatest national interest, which will be identified by decree “. If approved, this measure would grant the State “the power to issue construction permits, based on the existing provision for renewable energy projects,” continues the press release, which denounces “interference in the powers of local entities in matters of land use planning”.
In the Senate on June 19 and in the National Assembly a month later
The Government went on the offensive on Tuesday on the “industrial reconquest” of France, presenting its bill aimed at promoting a low-carbon reindustrialization of the country, its main battle after the painful pension crisis. The text provides in particular that for “projects of great national interest” such as gigafactories, the State is in charge of all procedures by decree.
The bill will begin its parliamentary journey in the Senate on June 19 and then on July 17 in the National Assembly, where the presidential caucus, without an absolute majority, will have to convince beyond its caucuses.
Source: BFM TV
