A week after the government's announcement of its financial commitment to the reconstruction of Saint-Martin after the passage of Irma, the inter-ministerial delegate Philippe Gustin held a press conference with the local media on Monday morning. He drew up a "rapid assessment" of the actions of the State.

He first stressed that the insecurity that prevailed on the territory before Irma no longer existed "thanks to the efforts in terms of personnel and organization" provided by the police who were deployed. "This is important because we cannot attract investors and tourists", if there is a problem of insecurity, he agrees.

Aid granted to companies was recalled. The partial unemployment scheme, which is being extended "until the end of the year" has so far cost 27 million euros. In the end it should cost 75 million euros. It benefited 1 companies in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, or 600 employees on the two islands, including 7 in Saint-Martin.

In addition, companies have until April 30 to negotiate a moratorium on employer charges. They will start to reimburse from January 1, 2020 and may be exempted up to 50% over this period, 2018-2019.

Philippe Gustin also welcomed the implementation of the Cohésia card, "the only device to have been offered to the most vulnerable people". 4 households have benefited.

The latter is also satisfied with the work accomplished between the State services and the COM in matters of environment and town planning. “There are rules. It's good to have rules and it's even better to enforce them, ”he said. Within the framework of the operational committee of the environment and town planning police (COPOLENU), the various departments met and regularly drew up a list of critical points to monitor in order to carry out checks.

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