In Charente, the departmental council put under supervision from Wednesday due to lack of budget

The political opponents of Philippe Bouty, president of the departmental council, claimed his resignation.

"Tonight, the Charente will be the only department not to have a budget."On Tuesday, 15 April, the Charente departmental council met again to vote its budget for 2025. A few weeks earlier, a draft budget of €615 million had been retold. The reason: political disagreements within the left-wing majority, reports Le Monde. Due to many disagreements, the left-wing majority had split and opposed the draft budget. The executive had then until Tuesday …

The situation in the case had become worse in March, when a draft budget had been retaliated after the majority had abstained from voting. The local executive had until Tuesday to have a new copy voted, but failed due to lack of quorum.

A new situation is taking place in Charente: in the absence of political agreement, the departmental council loses control of its finances for the benefit of the state. The departmental council of Charente finds itself in an unprecedented institutional impasse. After the impossibility of voting its 2025 budget this Tuesday, due to the lack of quorum, the prefecture announced the triggering of the [...] The article Charente in crisis: the departm…

No trusteeship of the Regional Chamber of the Court of Auditors for the Charente. But a third attempt to vote on the budget next Tuesday. Former presidents of the Department or former MP, they point out

The department of Charente was placed under prefectural supervision yesterday. This procedure provides that the prefect (and therefore the administration) executes the fiscal year instead of the politicians. Often this translates into painful financial measures for the population.