In the context of territorial reform, certain departments such as the Oise and the Charente are going to use the right of option of the law, which allows them to choose their host region. Update on the limitations of this right. The report alternates images of illustrations and infographics with interviews with Éric WOERTH, MNA for Oise, and Michel BOUTANT, President of the General Council of Charente.
In several regions of France, notably Aquitaine, the merger of the regions from 22 to 13 in order to save money has, for the time being, been synonymous with financial inefficiency due to the fact that the latter is organized by couacs. Interviews with Alain ROUSSET, President of the Regional Council of Aquitaine, who believes that the regions will not be able to finance an alignment of the salaries of the employees of the communities, Dominique REYNIE, top of the list "The Republicans Midi Pyrénées/ Languedoc Roussillon, who denounce a lack of preparation in the fusion of the regions and of René DOSIERE, PS deputy, which believes that the monitoring of regional councils will not have an impact on the cost of expanding these communities. Comment on alternating between illustration images and interviews.
Update on regional capitals following territorial reform. Examples of Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Toulouse and Strasbourg. Commentary on illustration images, infographic showing a geographical map alternating with interviews with Hervé MORIN (UDI member for Eure), Nicolas MAYER ROSSIGNOL (PS president of the Haute Normandie region) and Arnaud ROBINET (MEP UMP de la Marne).
Report on the last modification of the map of France planned by the territorial reform, namely the attachment of Limousin to Aquitaine, and the reactions generated. A micro-sidewalk of corréziens as well as interviews with Dominique BUSSEREAU, MNA UMP of Charente-Maritime, Alain ROUSSET, MNA PS of Gironde and President of the Association des régions de France, and Carlos DA SILVA, Deputy PS de l'Essonne and rapporteur of the text on territorial reform, alternate with a commentary on factual images, illustrations and infographics.
The eleven members of the Balladur Committee for Local Government Reform will adopt the report shortly. Following this proposal, it would be possible to merge several departments among themselves, to change regions for certain departments or even to separate from a part of a department. In fact, this would allow for example a part of the Haute-Loire to get closer to the Loire department, and another part to join the Puy-de-Dôme. In addition, the commission proposes to merge the mandates of departmental and regional councillors into a mandate of territorial councillor. Presentation under infographic of changes in French territory. Commentary on factual images and interviews with Philippe MASSEIN, Picardie PS Regional Councillor, Claude du GRANUT, UMP Picardie Regional Councillor, Jean-François COPÉ, MNA, Martine AUBRY, first secretary of the Socialist Party and Alain ROUSSET, PS deputy and president of the association of the regions of France.