Local communities which, according to Dexia, should invest this year 52.5 billion euros, or almost three quarters of the national public effort, will they this forecast and, similarly, the will exceed them It is one of the major challenges of the recovery plan of the French economy which several provisions are designed to break down a whole series of brakes, not be all due to the financial crisis and hesitation that it can cause the elect. Including those of the communal sphere which bears more than half of local public investment.
The acceleration of the major projects of equipment and infrastructure, such as those registered in the State-region plan contracts which the President of the Republic stressed the delay of execution, is not the only effort of the State, "of the order of EUR 4 billion" over the period 2009-2010, announced at Douai. Many operations which the financing is sealed off do not take their calendar for issues related to the right of the soil, the slowness of contentious proceedings, many notices that the services of the State are required to make. The architect of the France buildings, passing by the veterinary services, firefighters and the departmental services to archaeology, the list of the authorities to seek may be very long. "Their view, absolutely necessary to inform elected officials, are generally given at the end of time". "It flexibility and responsiveness", insists Jacques Pélissard, President of the Association of mayors of France (MFA). The licence to build the future media library-library of the city of Lons-le-Saunier (Jura) requested two years of training. "It's a little long for a counter-cyclical stimulus," continues its mayor. It hopes that the recovery plan will depart from this trend, undesirable in times of crisis, seeking investment fails the year where there is a municipal election.

Home mixed
The constraints relaxation announced by the head of State, starting with the simplification of the rules for the award of public contracts, and higher thresholds of works (5.15 million) contracts tenders, will "soon the projects of the new teams elected in March", believes the President of the MFA. A view shared by Claudy Lebreton, (PS) President of the Association of regions of France (ARF), which considers the current procedures too heavy and too low thresholds. This simplification also accredits Alain Rousset (PS) President of the Association of regions of France (ARF) for a "control system allows to avoid any malfeasance."
The home is more mixed with respect to the repayment of a year of VAT by the State. Claimed verbally by several mayors in the last Congress of the MFA, end of November, it can reactivate dormant projects. And, even better that communities can take on the prices in this period where the construction industry through an air hole. Remains to know if it will be that move this hollow of activity. Some fear. "It is that of a cash advance, which would delay one year return to borrowing to finance the investments", said Michel Destot, Mayor (PS) of Grenoble and President of the Association of mayors of the cities of France (AMGVF).