The Galley Slaves Of The Republic - Bernard Ravet

Description: The galley slaves of the Republic Eight out of ten French people say they trust mayors – they are the last elected officials to resist popular distrust and even anger. And yet, they can't take it anymore: one in two mayors will not run again in the 2020 municipal elections. Among them, a majority of elected officials from towns with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants, which represent almost three-quarters of French municipalities.What is happening in our villages that makes elected officials so disgusted by the exercise of power?Deputy mayor of Châtillon-en-Diois in the Drôme, Bernard Ravet recounts in this book the thousand and one worries suffered by local elected officials, these "galley slaves" of public life. From a state that piles up standards, administrative levels and laws that deprive mayors of any room for maneuver, instead of listening to them and helping them. From local authorities paralyzed by political issues. Also from citizens who are increasingly in a hurry, demanding and indifferent to the common good, who expect everything and immediately from their elected officials.The story that is playing out in Châtillon, 550 inhabitants, a pretty medieval village sung about by Giono, is that of all our villages: that of the disintegration of our democracy. Because, as Senator Philippe Bas pointed out after the death of the mayor of Signes, crushed by a van while he was fighting against an illegal dump: "The commune is a small Republic within the larger one, it is there that citizenship is forged in our country. »What if the democratic crisis could be resolved by starting from the territories?pages: 160Edition: KeroDeputy mayor of Châtillon-en-Diois in the Drôme, Bernard Ravet recounts in this book the thousand and one worries suffered by local elected officials, these "galley slaves" of public life. From a state that piles up standards, administrative levels and laws that deprive mayors of any room for maneuver, instead of listening to them and helping them. From local authorities paralyzed by political issues. Also from citizens who are increasingly in a hurry, demanding and indifferent to the common good, who expect everything and immediately from their elected officials. The story that is playing out in Châtillon, 550 inhabitants, a pretty medieval village sung about by Giono, is that of all our villages: that of the disintegration of our democracy. Because, as Senator Philippe Bas pointed out af

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