It is a system for compensating for loss of revenue, a spread over three years of expenses specifically linked to the Covid-19 epidemic and the release of one billion euros for “green” investments.
“Whether it be due to the lack of revenue or expenditure caused by the Covid crisis, the Metropolis is today at 40 million euros, and the city of Toulon, to date, at 9 million euros This is an additional financial cost that we will have to bear. We have made expenses, insists Hubert Falco, because it is in the general interest of the people. It is necessary that the State is at the rendezvous of the financial portage and that it helps the municipalities, Toulon as the 36,000 municipalities of France. All the mayors have made significant efforts. This financial backlash will have to be taken into account. Otherwise, we will penalize the taxpayer. However, it has already been penalized with the crisis. We have taken all the necessary exemptions, and we will continue “recalling that” the city of Toulon will face these difficulties with sound finances. “
Regarding the compensation mechanism, the State will make up for the losses in the tax and state revenues of a municipality when these are below the average of the budgets of the last three years.
“This guarantee mechanism has never been used. It has been evaluated, in the high range, at an amount of around 750 million euros and should reach 12 to 14,000 municipalities”, said Edouard Philippe, of the 36,000 in France.
On Thursday 4 June, a meeting with all the economic partners at the Palais de la mer in Toulon, in particular the president of the Var Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Jacques Bianchi will take place with companies, craftsmen and traders “so that we speak as a team, with one voice and that we defend ourselves together.”
The mayor of Toulon recalls how “this health crisis was terrible”, welcoming the caregivers’ commitment. “But it’s the economic crisis that is happening to us now. It is going to be severe, the hardest part is ahead of us”, alerts the mayor of Toulon.
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