Question 11367 — mountain

Summary

Mr. Joël Giraud draws the attention of the Minister, to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, responsible for European affairs, to the announcements made by representatives of the European Commission services relating to a questioning of the Alps Integrated Operational Program (POIA) and other specific programs dedicated to mountain ranges. It appears that these programs could be integrated into regional programs by making them lose their specific dimension of cooperation at the mountain range level. The method of calculating national allocations for cross-border policy would be modified, limiting the population taken into account for the calculation of allocations to 25 kilometers, on either side of the border. Certainly, the allocation of Interreg programs is not only linked to this calculation but the latter penalizes the France which, at the two borders concerned, has few inhabitants within this perimeter: 5% of the population of the border departments currently taken into account. These new provisions are in total opposition to Article 174 of the Union Treaty which requires taking into account the specificities of territories with natural disabilities in cohesion policies, explicitly mentioning mountain areas. He therefore wishes know the Government's position on these Commission proposals and the measures that will be taken so that the specificity of mountain territories can continue to be recognized.

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