I would not call merging towns around Paris in Paris centralization. It's more the contrary actually, as you should see this move for "Paris the town" and not "

I would not call merging towns around Paris in Paris centralization. It's more the contrary actually, as you should see this move for "Paris the town" and not "Paris the capital of France". Actually, this should be done with other French major cities (actually minor cities as well), we have far too many towns in France and far too many layers.