Nupes deputies on Tuesday denounced the eight-day postponement of the review of credits to communities, accusing the government of saving time to invoke a 49.3 before arriving at this “explosive” subject of the 2023 budget.
The community part was to be examined in public session on Thursday, but it was postponed to November 4 at a request from the executive, validated in conference by the presidents of the Assembly. The government wants to work between now and then on a price shield for communities, in the face of inflation, said a government source.
But the leader of the LFI deputies, Mathilde Panot, denounced a scandalous choice, which will allow the executive to have more time to appeal to article 49 paragraph 3 of the Constitution, before the debates end. come to this crucial point.
I believe that (…) all of the communities in this country will be delighted to learn that this government is about to issue a 49.3 on an ultra-sensitive issue of communities, which are in an impossible situation and will have to deprive poorest citizens of our country of essential services to the public, she denounced to the press.
The fact that they are shifting is that they are not comfortable, and makes us assume that they will use 49.3 before the debate on local authorities arrives, estimated the communist Sbastien Jumel, deploring a humiliation additional with respect to local authorities.
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The executive was notably outvoted recently on three articles concerning local authorities in its public finance programming law.
It is the debate of all the dangers. This subject is explosive, abounds the socialist Christine Pirs-Beaune, according to whom it is the sign of a 49.3, this shift to November 4: there is a good chance that it will be triggered before.
The tariff shield introduced by the State, which limits the rise in energy prices to 15% in 2023, benefits very small businesses and small local authorities. In the coming days, we will finalize the national protection mechanism which will precisely make it possible to secure and give full visibility to the actors, Emmanuel Macron promised on Friday.