In committee, the senators gave a turn of the screw to the 2023-2027 budget programming bill, providing for bringing the public deficit below 3% of GDP from 2025 and not in 2027 as planned by the government.
This steering text had been rejected at first reading in the National Assembly, a setback expected in the absence of an absolute majority for the Macronists at the Bourbon Palace.
In the Senate, dominated by the right-wing opposition, the text will be examined Wednesday in the Chamber, in first reading. In committee, the senators adopted an amendment by the general rapporteur for the budget Jean-Franois Husson (LR) providing that the ordinary expenditure of central administrations must decrease by 0.5% in volume each year from 2023.
Senators for better expenditure control
This corresponds exactly to what is required of local authorities, underlines the Finance Committee on Friday in a press release. This new, more ambitious and serious expenditure reduction trajectory would bring the public deficit below 3% of GDP by 2025 and not in 2027 as planned by the government.
The senators also adopted several amendments which are part of an objective of more rigorous control of expenditure. We are starting to try to straighten the scoliosis, Mr. Husson told AFP.
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Concerning the communities, the senators removed the unacceptable system of surveillance and sanctions included in Article 23 of the text to guarantee compliance with the evolution of local expenditure.