Micheline Jacques opens debates on the high cost of living at the 106th Congress of Mayors

In her capacity as Senator for Saint-Barthélemy, and above all as Chairwoman of the French Senate's Delegation for Overseas France, Micheline Jacques opened the debates at a conference dedicated to overseas France.bates at a conference dedicated to Overseas France organized during the 106th Congress of Mayors, held from November 18 to 22 in Issy-les-Moulineaux. The theme chosen for this annual meeting of overseas elected representatives was the high cost of living. "This theme is so topical and cross-cutting that, together with the presidents of your associations, we wanted to have the widest possible debate so as to ensure that we all had the opportunity to express our views. to have the widest possible debate, so that we can all reflect and make proposals together", declared the MP in her opening remarks. "Our territories can no longer be satisfied with patches, and need in-depth reforms that will change the daily lives of our fellow citizens", she continued.
The senator from Saint-Barth highlighted the fact that the Senate Delegation for Overseas France has launched a fact-finding mission on the high cost of living. The study on the cost of living ties in with our three-part study on regional cooperation," she explained. In our view, an essential key is to reorient trade, by focusing on the regional market (...) The acclimatization of standards has also been a common thread running through the delegation's work since 2015. They show that inappropriate standards, whether exorbitant, ill-adjusted or even non-existent, lead to additional costs. "She also insisted on the importance of renovating dock dues, the reform of which was included in the 72 measures of the Ciom (Comité interministériel des Outre-mer) of July 2023.