Question 16983 — natural disasters

Summary

Mr. Dominique Potier alerts the Prime Minister to the worrying situation suffered by several residents of Meurthe-et-Moselle following the drought phenomena which have affected France since 2015 and the direct consequences of which are the movement of clay present in the soil. Homes are affected every year by the appearance of cracks, some of which are large and get worse over the months. THE public infrastructures are also affected (roads impassable due to embankment sliding, closures of rooms due to the appearance of excessively large cracks, etc.). However, the lack of recognition of a natural disaster prevents fair compensation for victims. A collective of around forty municipalities in Murhe-et-Mosellane has also filed a request with the administrative court of Nancy with a view to the cancellation of the decree of November 22, 2016, refusing recognition of the state of natural disaster for the summer of 2015. A new appeal was also filed in 2018 following the drought episode of the same year. The number of homes affected has been increasing over the years. In addition, residents affected by these phenomena face insurance companies who often seek to avoid compensation by filing insufficient expertise to which the victims are not able to provide a second opinion. He therefore asks by what means the State could take into account the consequences of climate change and guarantee that insurance companies assume their responsibilities towards their policyholders in this situation.

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