L'avenir de la décentralisation française. Le nouveau clivage " jacobins-girondins "

The Future of French Decentralisation. The New Jacobin/Girondist division
Reform of French public institutions has the character of being always topical but indefinitely postponed. Jean-Marc Ohnet here recalls projects which are under way, without giving much credence to their early adoption.
As organizer however of the “Decentralization Conference” which was held last year, he shows that a fairly broad consensus, crossing traditional political divisions, seems to be established today in France because of the need for greater decentralization accompanied by reconstruction of local and regional institutions (to create the authority of a town, acknowledge the “country”, etc.).
But the Jacobins have not said their last on the subject. And despite the influence which may be exercised by European construction in the matter, the debate has doubtless only just begun, as the desire for in-depth reform is often inversely proportional to the powers held by its protagonists.