Will stay, will not stay in the Grand-Est? The return of a single Alsace region made its return to the news this weekend during a visit by Emmanuel Macron to Strasbourg.
The president had not originally come for that, but the question quickly came up again… And he quickly closed it. “We must not play big institutional games,” he decided, while proposing to reopen “the question of certain transfers of skills”.
Not enough, obviously, to satisfy the supporters of an exit of Haut and Bas-Rhin from the greater region. “We are giving legislative power to the Corsicans and we would like to give crumbs to the Alsatians,” Frédéric Bierry reacted this Monday.
The president of the European Community of Alsace (CEA) nevertheless indicated that the negotiations were not over by returning to his discussions on Friday with Emmanuel Macron. “He told me “we’re not stopping there. We give ourselves thirty days to discuss and bring the subject back to the table.” I’ve been thinking about whether I’m going to negotiate, and I’m going to go. I hope it will be short. »
“I leave room for the final negotiation”
By the end of May and in order to give weight to his voice, Frédéric Bierry calls on “all Alsatians to write to their parliamentarians and to the president”. “We have thirty days to show our strength,” he insists, already warning: “I leave room for the final negotiation. We will continue anyway if it is not satisfactory.”
At the beginning of May, Renaissance MP Eric Woerth, responsible for a mission on decentralization, must submit his report to Emmanuel Macron. The question of Alsace will be further scrutinized.