Discussions that will probably come to an end. The Élysée receives this Monday the local elected associations this Monday to discuss the reform of the institutions. But these exchanges will take place without the Association of Mayors of France, the most important.
In question, the absence of David Lisnard, the mayor (LR) of Cannes who was elected head of the AMF in November 2021 to succeed François Baroin. The elected representative of the Alpes-Maritimes cannot go to Paris because of an appointment set very early in his town.
“An abnormal decision”
Therefore, the body representing France’s 36,000 mayors has offered to be represented by other members of its office. The AMF could thus have sent the socialist André Laignel, the number 2 of the association and a fierce opponent of Emmanuel Macron.
But the executive opposed an end of inadmissibility, denying “any representation of the Association by a member other than its president.”
What to see for the AMF “an abnormal decision that excludes the association from this stage of the discussion.”
An absence in the last Congress of Mayors that does not pass
It is not the first time that the towel between the mayors of France and Emmanuel Macron has burned. The Head of State had chosen to Do not speak in November before the Congress of Mayors and, instead, stroll through the Salon des Maires that welcomes professional exhibitors.
However, the Élysée tenant had promised in 2017 to come “every year to report on his commitments.”
Before cutting the appointment the following year and replacing it with a reception. The gesture had at that time very upset local elected officials, further straining an already complicated relationship. Since then, the atmosphere has calmed down, after his very strong request by the government. during the yellow vest crisis Then during COVID-19.
Two grievances, however, continue to cloud the relationship between the president and the mayors: an executive judged too centralist -despite the appointment of various local figures in the government as Christophe Bechuformer mayor of Angers and carolina cayeuxformer mayor of Beauvais, who has since had to leave the government after problems with the declaration of assets and a review of local taxes.
Source: BFM TV
