The examination of the draft state budget for 2025, suspended by censorship at the beginning of December, resumed its parliamentary journey on Wednesday night in the Senate, despite criticism from a part of the left that criticizes the government for not restarting zero and denounces a “coup d’état”. of strength.”
The 2025 finance bill, rejected by the National Assembly in first reading in the fall, was put on hold following the overthrow of Michel Barnier on December 4, while the upper house, which supported the executive, was at the center of the part dedicated to state spending.
So the Senate picked up where it left off, starting with the foreign mission. But several voices, mainly from the left, criticized the method chosen by the government, which decided not to present a new text, but rather to start from the copy presented by Michel Barnier and already debated for several dozen hours in both rooms.
“Blow of force”
“Not wanting to debate a new finance bill is to despise voters, to deeply despise national representation,” he added, ensuring that deputies “would surely be deprived of any budget debate.”
Indeed, once the text has completed its journey in the Senate through a solemn vote scheduled for January 23, the Government should convene a mixed commission (CMP), a meeting of seven senators and seven deputies in charge of agreeing on a text. of commitment. And if they succeed, this finalized text will surely return to the National Assembly for a final vote, but without the right of amendment for the deputies…
“Democratic anomaly”
“We are going to study a budget when a government has been censured, when fourteen of its ministers are still in the government and when we have a new Prime Minister who is a historical supporter of the President” of the Republic, supported the environmentalist Thomas. Dossus, criticizing a “democratic anomaly.”
“A democratic response to the vote of our people is always possible: to resubmit a new project and present it to both chambers,” continued communist Pascal Savoldelli. Several parliamentarians also regretted seeing their right to amend restricted. In fact, for certain budgetary missions, such as the overseas budget, the deadline for submitting amendments had expired since the beginning of December.
“How can we start the debate when none of us have been able to present amendments to better remedy the disaster that occurred in Mayotte?” lamented Reunion Senator Evelyne Corbière Naminzo.
Source: BFM TV
