General advice of the Alpes-Maritimes
The General advice of the Alpes-Maritimes is the assembly deliberating on the French Département of the the Alpes-Maritimes, decentralized Territorial collectivity . Its seat is with Nice.
According to an investigation Sofres realized in December 2005, 73% of the inhabitants of the the Alpes-Maritimes are satisfied of the action of the general advice.
The President
The current President of the General advice of the Alpes-Maritimes east Christian Estrosi (UMP) which is also Secretary of State charged with Outre-mer.
Former presidents:
List of the presidents of the General advice of the Alpes-Maritimes
Vice-presidents
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Charles-Angel Ginésy (Mountain, agriculture, transborder co-operation, plan contract) 1st Vice-president
- Henri Leroy (Safety, assistance with the communes)
- Alain Frère (Radiation of arts and the culture, international relations, relationships to the worships)
- Lionnel Luca (Ecology and sustainable development)
- Colette Giudicelli (Finances, general administration)
- Jean-Pierre Leleux (Urban renewal and social cohesion)
- Jose Balarello (Housing)
- Negro Louis (Displacements and town and country planning)
- Bernard ESA (Higher education and research)
- Red-headed Georges (Education)
- Rene Vestri (maritime Frontage)
- Philippe Tabarot (Elderly)
- Jean Thaon (Roads)
- Rene Gilly (Health)
- Joseph Calza (departmental Buildings)
General advisers
See also: List of the general advisers of the Alpes-Maritimes
The General advice of the Alpes-Maritimes includes/understands 52 general advisers resulting from the 52 Cantons of the Alpes-Maritimes. The absolute majority is historically on the right. The UMP lays out of 41 UMP members and connected, the group PS - Verts has about it 7 from which 5 result from the Cantons of Nice and groups it PCF 4 coming from the cantons of Nice and the back-country niçois.
In spite of the existence of an opposition and passionate debates, the political consensus is often found: since 2003, year of the election of Christian Estrosi to the presidency of the General advice, 97% of the deliberations were approved unanimously.
Budget
The general advice of the Alpes-Maritimes has in 2006 a budget of 1,246 billion euros (1,308 in 2007) which privileges more and more the investment (400 million euros, +18,5%) with the operation of the administration (- 0,44%). As comparison, the District council of Provence-Alp-Coast of Azure has a budget of 1,53 billion euros.However, for 3 years, the general advice has made the choice of the taxation zero . Since 1999, this one moreover dropped by -12,6%.
The Chômage dropped by -8,5% as well as the number of RMI co.s of -1,6% (- 6% in 2007), the number of employment increased by 2%. 6.500 companies onté created increasing their turnover of 4%.
Budget of investment
In 2007, with 450€/habitant, the general advice of the Alpes-Maritimes becomes the first of France in term of investment per capita.