Civil & Administrative

#2025-25Decree No. 2025-25 on the Responsibilities of the Minister of Territorial Management and Decentralization

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This decree outlines the responsibilities of the French Minister for Territorial Management and Decentralization. It affects national policy regarding spatial planning, decarbonation, infrastructure, and local development. The minister is tasked with ensuring economic and social cohesion across all territories, improving rural and urban areas, and facilitating access to public services. Key areas include digital inclusion, housing policy, transport infrastructure, and intergovernmental relations.

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Key Changes

  • Minister responsible for coordinating national policies on territorial development and decentralization.
  • Focus on improving rural and urban areas and reducing territorial inequalities.
  • Collaboration with other ministers on digital inclusion, housing, transport, and ecological transition policies.

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Prepare and implement the Government's policy on territorial planning and decentralization, including dialogue with territorial authorities on spatial planning, economic development, and balanced territory management

Minister of Territorial Management and Decentralization
operational
high

Coordinate initiatives ensuring public service access across all national territories, particularly through the France services program, in association with the Minister of Public Action

Minister of Territorial Management and Decentralization
operational
high

Prepare and implement digital inclusion policy to guarantee access to digital services and uses for the entire population across all territories

Minister of Territorial Management and Decentralization
operational
high

Define and enforce rules on land conservation, including measures against soil artificialisation and urban sprawl, in coordination with the Minister of Ecological Transition

Minister of Territorial Management and Decentralization
operational
high

Lead national dialogue with territorial authorities and prepare Government orientations on local government finances and financial solidarity policies between territorial authorities

Minister of Territorial Management and Decentralization
operational

Affected Parties

Local governmentsFrench citizens across urban and rural areas

Tags

public administration,territorial planning,decentralization