France’s Super Regions Face Fiscal and Democratic Test
France’s super regions emerged from a sweeping territorial reform implemented in 2016, when the French government reduced the number of mainland administrative regions from 22 to 13. The reorganization aimed to streamline governance, strengthen regional economic capacity, and reduce administrative overlap across multiple levels of local government. Regions such as Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Nouvelle-Aquitaine became significantly […]
