The Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, promised the deputies on Wednesday to “take all the time necessary” for an “in-depth debate” in the National Assembly on the 2023 budget, before the probable recourse to 49.3.
At the opening of the session, at 3 p.m., the Minister was asked whether he would enter on the green light given in the morning by the Council of Ministers to a possible recourse to 49.3, to pass the budget without a vote if the situation were to require.
We already see the sword of Damocls dawning. How much time do you leave for parliamentary debate? Is the irremediable certain?, launched the leader of the socialist group Boris Vallaud.
We have all the time necessary, we will take all the time necessary, assured the Minister of the Economy.
The main thing is that at the end of the day we have the best possible budget for France, he continued.
Afterwards, in the absence of an absolute majority for the Macronists, there will come a time when there will have to be a budget for France, the government will take on its responsibilities, but we will only take them on after a debate. thorough, said the Mayor.
At LFI, the chairman of the Finance Committee, Eric Coquerel, deduced from this that we can obviously expect that he [le 49.3] does not take place before next week, it is a threat that hovers, but which at least leaves time for debate.
In addition, he criticized the government for wanting to impose measures by this tool of the Constitution, while you are in the minority.
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In the crowd, the deputies rejected an amendment to delete the introductory article of this finance bill, the one which plans to contain the public deficit to 5% of GDP in 2023.
On the right, LR Vronique Louwagie, who is proposing a bureaucratic sobriety plan, again criticized the absence of savings measures.
Bruno Le Maire defended a responsible budget, a demanding trajectory. He considered it unreasonable to want to go too quickly in restoring the public accounts, citing the precedent of the 2008 crisis.