the deputies adopt the reform of the governance of the metropolis
The deputies adopted on the night of Wednesday to Thursday the reform of the governance of Aix-Marseille wanted by Emmanuel Macron as part of the “Marseille en grand” plan. The government passed this long-awaited reform through an amendment adopted by 69 votes in favor, 9 against and 5 abstentions, to its “decentralization” bill known as “3DS”.
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These new provisions for the Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolis (AMP) which brings together six territories and 92 municipalities, “Cannot give satisfaction to each actor” but this is the ” good compromise “, has the curriculum vitae of the Minister in charge of Territorial Cohesion, Jacqueline Gourault, who will visit the Phoean city on Monday in the company of Prime Minister Jean Castex.
The reform of the AMP metropolis had been touched upon in the Senate at first reading then in committee in the Assembly but largely concerted locally. Several deputies, however, regretted the “Method” of the government, which introduced this reform by way of amendment, leading in its wake to the tabling of a host of sub-amendments on all subjects and from all sides. 63 in total, a number “Extraordinary”, commented the chairperson of the session, Annie Genevard (LR).
Both the defense of these amendments and the opinions of the rapporteur and the Minister gave rise to long, complicated and tedious parliamentary gymnastics. “We must vote this evening, I will not give this file to my successor, it would really be a poisoned gift”, a release shortly before midnight, Annie Genevard. “What is this bouillabaisse?” had quipped the Communist Sébastien Jumel.
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At the center of the debates: the question of the transfer of powers from the metropolis to the municipalities, the abolition of the territorial councils – intermediate level -, the representativeness of Marseille in the governance of the metropolis or the method of financing the community and communes.
Several sub-amendments were adopted without calling into question the main lines of the reform. They concern the delegation of tourism promotion to certain municipalities, the maintenance of infrastructure maintenance for recharging vehicles in the metropolis, as well as actions in favor of the landscape and nature.
A sub-amendment of LREM put elected officials back at the heart of the game in the management of the structure responsible for evaluating the charges related to the transfer of powers between municipalities and the metropolis.