Local Mayors all over France are in revolt after Holland's Government cut their subventions again for the second year running !
Michel Sapin, the Minister of Finance, justified the cut saying that there was still room for economies in the costs of Local Government administration ! This remark will surely come back at him like a boomerang ! One of the most evident errors in the Hollande Presidency has been that he has never dared to streamline any department of the Civil Service in France.
Why ? Because this would only increase unemployment and the consequent indemnities payable ! If Local Councils must now streamline, that will produce the exact same consequences !
The Mayors of major towns, of all political hews, have already reacted and said that local rates and taxes cannot but increase ! The Local Council of Toulouse has already voted an increase of 15% !
There was growing dissatisfaction before in France, over the way Hollande had failed to tackle unemployment and had not helped industry to recover.
Then a few months ago he promised that taxes would not rise again before 2017, when the next Presidential Election is due to take place ! Now, by cutting the subventions to Local Councils, he has increased taxes again, but indirectly !
He will never be allowed to forget this bitter pill !
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