ABSTRACT

This article analyses the Covid-19 crisis management in France through the prism of intergovernmental relations (IGR) between the central State, its deconcentrated services, and local governments (LGs). The period from January to October 2020 is studied through reports and analyses from various local and national actors. Three phases are identified in which two antagonistic types of IGR oppose each other, swinging between presidential hyper-centralism and more horizontal and informal action at the local level. We argue that the crisis revealed the challenges of decentralisation to the French government-centred model. We draw preliminary conclusions on how the failures of the State response during the ‘first wave’ gave voice to LGs, who often implemented reactive and innovative responses, and reinforced their demand for a greater territorialisation of public action. We also suggest that the crisis has enabled the development of horizontal network governance at the local level.

摘要

本文通过中央国家、其分散的服务和地方政府 (LG) 之间的政府间关系 (IGR) 的棱镜分析了法国的 Covid-19 危机管理。2020 年 1 月至 2020 年 10 月期间是通过各种地方和国家行为者的报告和分析进行研究的。确定了三个阶段，其中两种对立类型的 IGR 相互对立，在总统的高度集中制和地方层面的更横向和非正式的行动之间摇摆不定。我们认为，这场危机揭示了权力下放对法国以政府为中心的模式的挑战。我们就“第一波”期间国家应对措施的失败如何为经常实施被动和创新应对措施的 LG 提供了发言权，我们得出了初步结论，并加强了他们对公共行动更大范围的地域化的需求。我们还认为，危机使地方层面的横向网络治理得以发展。