What does it mean to put it under the control of the City Hall of Paris?

“The financial situation of the city of Paris is serious», condemned the Minister of Transport Clement Boni, on Sunday, on the set.big meeting“Europe 1 and CNEWS, adding that the guardianship scenario was therefore.”not excluded“. The request already made in 2021 by Rachida Dati, head of the first opposition group of the Paris Council, who daily criticizes the disastrous management of the capital’s finances.

“It’s very serious and I don’t want it, it will be a last resort– Clement Bon continued, inviting the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo.assume his duties“. The first deputy of the Paris municipality, Emmanuel Gregoire, has already deleted that possibility, announcing that: “There is no legal justification for causing it “guardianship” of the city of Paris”.

This threat has long been voiced by the Paris branch and collective of the Les Républicains parisiens party.Union of Paris”, uniting Anne Hidalgo’s opponents, including the Sacage Paris group.

Gloating debt

What do Rachida Dati, Clément Bon, Gabriel Attal and many disgruntled Parisians blame the mayor of Paris for? For the former speaker of the government, it is first of all his leadership.”disastrousof the capital. When asked about BFMTV this Sunday, Gabriel Atal blamed Anne Hidalgo“Greatly strengthen the taxes of the Parisians”. rebalance the bloated budget.

In less than 15 years, the public debt rose from zero euros to more than 7.7 billion under former mayor Bertrand Delanoe. “The numbers speak for themselves. adds Clement Bohn. There is a serious financial situation, which, as Anne Hidalgo says, is not related to Covid-19.»

Could the City of Paris really be placed under guardianship? What exactly will such a decision change? And who would take the helm of the capital?

Administrative and financial control

Control of administrative and economic decisions made by local authorities is a constitutional principle. Article 72 of our Constitution defines the following.The representative of the state responsible for national interests, administrative control and respect for laws in the territorial communities of the Republic.“So it depends on the prefect.”representative of government ministers“that this mission of monitoring the legality of administrative acts belongs to Since the decentralization law of 1982, we are no longer talking about administrative control, but territorial control to guarantee the “free governance of communities” over the capital.

In the event of a dispute over an administrative act, which may range from the granting of a building permit to the renovation of a square, including the design of the Champs-Élysées, the prefect must examine it and then make a reference; Paris administrative court. Thus, the act can be canceled at the request of the judicial body.

As for the budget conflict that concerns Anne Hidalgo’s current critics, the Ile-de-France Regional Chamber of Accounts must clear the municipality’s accounts at the prefect’s request. And if the financial masters find that the budget is not in real balance, they can, according to article L1612-5 of the Local Government Code, ask the community to vote on a new budget within thirty days. If not applied by the municipality or the department, the district mayor can then take over the responsibility of directing half of the funds.

Is such an initiative likely to succeed in Paris? Charge to the prefect Marc Guillaume to decide whether to start the examination of the Regional Chamber of Accounts of Ile de France to judge the financial management of the capital. If several small or medium-sized cities, such as Argenteuil in 2015, Henin-Beaumont in 2009, have already had a budget correction with the help of the Regional Accounting Chamber, the case of Paris would be historic in its size and political weight. .