Continuation of the Paris-Corsica dialogue against the backdrop of a busy agenda
The second meeting should take place in mid-September while the reflection dedicated to water and waste could take place at the beginning of October. A calendar that is set in a national context where many political parties want to see their seat on the chessboard.
After the effective start of the cycle of discussions between Paris and the Corsica materialized by a contact of more than four hours, on July 21in order to guide the method and the timing, the island executive is now waiting for a signal from Place Beauvau to validate the second meeting planned with the State.
According to our information, the deadline of mid-September which had been advanced this summer by Gérald Darmanin, the latter having then set the frequency of exchanges every six weeks, would be maintained. The Hotel de Noirmoutier, residence of the prefect of Paris, rue de Grenelle, could again be chosen to receive Corsican elected officials.
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The economic theme, declined in all the dimension of its challenges, will be at the center of this new exchange.
Another sequence mentioned by the minister, that devoted to two major issues on the island territory, water and waste, the summer having come to corroborate the emergency nature of the first, while the household waste file is far from to be buried, even if the prefect of Corsica wanted to be a little more reassuring in our columns, on Wednesday. This meeting could, very close to the circle of the Interior, be organized at the beginning of October, always in Paris, and in the presence in particular of the associations of mayors.
Back to Corsica with Christophe Béchu
The government’s number three now, in charge of Corsica by the President of the Republic, will also return to the field in mid-September to, as he promised, will carry out a follow-up after the deadly meteorological episode of August 18th.
Christophe Béchu, the Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion – whom Gilles Simeoni, met Tuesday evening in Paris, at the end of the debate to which the Medef had invited him within the framework of the Meeting of entrepreneurs of France – will be there to take stock of social and economic support.
Before his trip to September Island alongside Gérald Darmanin, the Minister for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion will take part in the parliamentary days of Horizons, of which he is the secretary general, on 15 and 16 next in Fontainebleau, where Édouard Philippe will make his political comeback.
The opportunity for the former head of government to further structure his party – which will soon have nearly 500 local committees – with the election of a vice-president in charge of the committee of mayors. Two prospective city councilors, the mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, and that of Reims, Arnaud Robinet.
Deputy Laurent Marcangeli, president of the Horizons group at the National Assembly, will obviously take part in these parliamentary days.
All-round background movements
Eyes will also be on the transformation of En Marche, the presidential movement created in 2016 to conquer the Élysée, into a real party – which several heavyweights will integrate including Gérald Darmanin, and Bruno Le Maire, the Minister of Economy – which must now project itself on the future of macronism after Emmanuel Macron.
At the maneuver, the MEP Stéphane Séjourné, faithful among the faithful and good connoisseur of the island, will become in a few days, the secretary general of Renaissance (which will bring together LREM, Agir and Territories of Progress) and will succeed Stanislas Guerini appointed to the government, knowing that practically all political parties have planned internal elections by the end of 2022. The one founded by Emmanuel Macron opening the ball. So many fundamental movements which will occupy the minds, the political chessboard and the benches of the National Assembly in this new school year.
Corsica will have to, casually, make its way there to keep the pace proposed by the government and move forward on a plan that is not only institutional since the daily concerns of the population are part of the package and the solutions to be imagined. together with the state.
Three meetings between Paris and Corsica must be scheduled, that of September included, until the end of the year. Discussions that will already have test value to assess the part of the journey accomplished at the end of four months.