Emmanuel Macron justified this Wednesday, on France 2, the government’s recourse to 49.3 to approve the 2023 budget.
“The government did well to approve this budget, even in the face of all the opposition that was sometimes demagogic. It avoided several billions of expenses with a loss of little use,” he estimated.
After eight days of discussion at the Palais-Bourbon, the government ended use last wednesday 49.3 pass the revenue part of the finance bill, the first part of the state budget, without a vote. The executive had not hidden for weeks his desire to resort to this constitutional weapon to pass your finance bill.
Charges for forced passage
The leader of the Renaissance deputies, Aurore Bergé, also rejected the opposition’s accusations of a “blunt step” with a 49.3.
After debates “of almost 60 hours in the hemicycle” on the first part of the budget, the presidential camp opted for “the refusal of the blockade and the deadlock to give France a budget,” he argued.
On Thursday, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne returned 49.3, this time for the first part of the Social Security budget.
For the second time in two weeks, the Head of State is the guest of “L’Événement”, the channel’s new political program hosted by Caroline Roux.
After the war in Ukraine and the other international crises of October 12, this time he touches on the national issue and the challenges of the executive in the absence of an absolute majority in the Assembly.
Source: BFM TV
