Another setback for the government. The National Assembly on Tuesday rejected the 2023-2027 budget programming bill, a “guiding” text that plans to bring the public deficit below 3% of GDP in 2027.
Examined in first reading, the text was rejected by 309 votes against 243, with a coalition of oppositions. The government intends to defend it again in the Senate.
An “expected” rejection, according to the Government
This rejection was “expected,” said the minister in charge of Public Accounts, Gabriel Attal. “You have chosen to maintain a coherence: to oppose the government’s texts at any price,” he declared to the opposition on Tuesday.
In August, the deputies also rejected the 2021 budget liquidation bill. In July, they voted against article 2 of the bill “provisionally keeping track of health and against covid-19”. This article, rejected by 219 votes against 195, provided for the possibility of imposing a health pass at the borders and to travel with Corsica or overseas.
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Source: BFM TV
