Shortly before 17 p.m. last Thursday, the collective left the negotiating room with the prefect and the president of the COM on the grounds that they had already drawn up a draft protocol without him. The prefect gave the collective an hour to come back to the table. At 18:05 pm, the collective did not return, the prefect and the president addressed themselves to the media to present their proposals in the fields in which they can intervene.
They said "to have worked hard last night and part of the night [previous]", to write responses to the demands of the collective.
The prefect insisted on the will of the State and the COM to advance the dossier of 50 geometric steps. "A specific device for accelerating property transfers and a substantial reduction in the costs associated with it is in the process of being achieved", announced the President of the COM. According to the draft protocol, the prefect undertakes to support the work of the Collectivity so that this device is submitted to the Territorial Council by the end of this year.
Another point that is close to the heart of the prefect, the support system for the most disadvantaged people to secure their housing. He has undertaken to present this device (under development) by the end of this year.
The prefect also launched the challenge of lowering the unemployment rate below the 20% mark by the end of next year. "Work will begin: the construction of two colleges, the development of the seafront, the renovation of the media library, the nautical center ... These are 153 million euros that will be injected into the local economy during the next three years ”, listed Serge Gouteyron and Daniel Gibbs. "To carry out these projects, we are going to need arms, and these arms we are going to get from our young people," said the prefect. “I want to see cranes everywhere! There will be more cranes on the French side than on the Dutch side! », Added the prefect.
The prefect considers that the draft protocol suggestseree provided answers to the questions of the members of the collective, especially since the document was drafted from the observations of the collective, assures the representative of the State. So he offered to sign it with the president. What they did.
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