The Government offers amendments to the finance bill which plan to transpose European regulations for a “temporary solidarity contribution” requested from energy giants.
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“There is no budget battle, there is a debate on the budget.” Monday October 10 in the National Assembly, the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, wanted to set the tone From the legislative marathon which opens this year in a particular context. Deprived of an absolute majority in the hemicycle for the first time in six years, the government is preparing to defend a finance bill (PLF) 2023 which, unless surprised, should be adopted without vote, using the article 49.3. It remains to be seen when. Because the executive has both the objective of showing that it leaves room for discussion and to keep the control of one of the first key texts of the five -year period – it extends, in particular, the price shield on the prices of Energy, indexes on inflation the scale of income tax, or even establishes a new drop in production taxes (CVAE) for businesses.
“I solemnly ask the government not to set up 49.3, said the president (La France insoumise, LFI) of the finance committee, Eric Coquerel. You must take into account (…) because he There is no majority in the assembly. “” Yes, the French people want us to debate this budget, “added the deputy (national rally) Jean-Philippe Tanguy.
“Let us focus on the subjects of the French: reindustrialisation, full employment, climate change, our energy choices”, for his part pleaded Mr. Le Maire, while Gabriel Attal, the Minister Delegate Public Accounts, defended “A vital budget for our country”. “There is a relative majority, but no alternative majority,” said the former government spokesperson. 2> 3,500 amendments deposited
The first votes of the day seemed to be right, since even before the PLF exam, scheduled to start Tuesday evening or Wednesday, the deputies had to decide on the public finance programming law . The text, which fixes the budgetary trajectory of the executive over five years, with the back of the return under the 3 % deficit by 2027, had been rejected on October 4 in the finance committee. It was the subject, on Monday, of a motion of rejection posted by rebellious France voted by the Nutples. But the left alliance was not followed by the other parliamentary groups, notably the Republicans (LR), very few in the hemicycle.
“Indeed, we do not know where the President of the Republic wants to bring us,” conceded Véronique Louwagie, member of the finance committee. But “we want to debate,” explained the LR deputy of the Orne, also recalling that “France displays the highest compulsory levy rate in Europe, so it is not the right formula”. It was also criticized for the Nuts, whose different groups voted the motion, to refuse the debate. The second motion of rejection of LFI, on the PLF, was also rejected.
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