After the rejection in the Assembly of a motion of censure LFI, equivalent to adoption at second reading of the revenue part of the Social Security budget, the Prime Minister once again activated 49.3, this time on the expenditure part and the entire text.
This 26th motion of censure faced by the Prime Minister obtained 89 votes out of the 289 required to bring down the government. This rejection constitutes adoption in second reading of the revenue part of the Social Security Financing Bill (PLFSS).
In the crowd, Lisabeth Borne held the government responsible for the spending part of this budget and for the entire text. This is the 19th 49.3 used by Lisabeth Borne or on her behalf since her appointment at Matignon, the 8th since the resumption of parliamentary work at the end of September.
The LFI group immediately announced the tabling of a motion of censure, which should, like the others, fail to receive a majority of the votes of deputies, which will allow the government to see the entire PLFSS adopted on second reading in the Assembly. The text can then resume its legislative journey in the Senate.
In her speech in response to the rebellious motion of censure, Ms. Borne used a well-known argument, pointing out the need for France to have a budget, and the absence of an alternative majority capable of governing.
We need the Social Security financing bill to bring our social model to life, she said later, drawing out 49.3, having barely opened the debate on the spending part of the bill.
Gray authoritarianism
In their interventions, the oppositions followed one another to denounce the sidelining of Parliament, Aurlien Saintoul (LFI) denouncing for example a gray authoritarianism based on the banality of the coup, and Arthur Delaporte (PS) the thread-stitched spectacle white of the government’s contempt for Parliament, a piece with a worn-out plot that in fact generates real bitterness.
This Social Security financing bill (PLFSS) provides for spending up 3.2% in 2024 compared to 2023, to 254.9 billion euros.
The Scu deficit, set at 8.8 billion euros in 2023 then 10.7 billion in 2024 according to the latest government forecasts, could reach 17.5 billion by 2027.
The bill was adopted Tuesday by senators in a substantially revised version.
If the government has essentially returned to the previous version, that of the Assembly, it announced on Thursday two concessions on particularly sensitive points, Agirc-Arcco and franchises.
He thus accepted an LR amendment ordering that the surpluses of the Agirc-Arcco scheme should only be used to contribute to the balance of the special schemes being terminated, and not for financial solidarity within the retirement system.
Concerning medical deductibles, the Senate had decided to submit to the prior opinion of the social affairs committees the planned modifications to the amounts of deductibles or fixed contributions remaining the responsibility of the insured on their health expenses. The government supported this proposal.