The National Assembly rejects the motions of censure of the RN and LFI, the first part of the budget adopted | EUROtoday

Elisabeth Borne simply overcame the motions of censure from the National Rally (RN) and La France insoumise (LFI) on the evening of Friday October 20 to Saturday October 21 in the National Assembly, after having drawn out article 49.3 of the Constitution to have the first part of the 2024 budget adopted with no vote. The RN’s movement acquired 89 votes and that of LFI 219 votes, out of the 289 essential to deliver down the authorities. Their rejection constitutes adoption at first studying of the income part of the finance invoice, transmitted to the Senate.

Previously, the Prime Minister had returned again to again ” the extreme right “ And “the extreme left”their “same culture of demagoguery” and of “excess”. “Holding the government to responsibility is never done lightly or easily. I do it out of dutyshe said, because France cannot do without a budget. » These two motions had almost no chance of bringing down the government, since the Les Républicains (LR) group did not join them.

The “authoritarian vestige” of a “V^e Republic outdated »

At the opening of the debates at 9:30 p.m., RN MP Alexandra Masson criticized a “poor and unrealistic budget”. She pointed to the gasoline allowance, “yet another gadget check for 100 euros”calling on the authorities to “lower taxes”.

Speaker for the LFI movement, the president of the finance committee, Eric Coquerel, denounced the use ” tirelessly “ of 49.3, “authoritarian vestige” of a “V^e Republic outdated » And “dysfunctional”, “disrespectful of powers” of Parliament. The “rebellious” MP criticizes the authorities for dismissing the “most significant amendments” as the “superdividend tax” or the “tax on share repurchases” massive firms, which was proposed by the MoDem, an ally of the presidential camp, and which had been adopted in committee.

In the midst of the tearing aside of the New Ecological and Social Popular Union (Nupes), fourteen ecologists and fourteen communists signed the textual content of the LFI movement, however not their leaders, Cyrielle Chatelain (Europe ecology-Les Verts, EELV) and André Chassaigne (Communist Party, PCF), nor the boss of the PCF, Fabien Roussel. No socialist has signed.

“The tax gift too many”

On Wednesday, the Prime Minister used 49.3 for the thirteenth time since she was at Matignon, defending a textual content “responsibility” with “16 billion euros in savings” and investments for “accelerate the ecological transition”. Elisabeth Borne drew the constitutional weapon on the second day of the debates in the Hemicycle, even earlier than the examination of the articles, whereas this first part of the budget had been rejected in committee.

There are nonetheless many areas of pressure, notably relating to housing. Faced with the scarcity, the govt has taken a step to partially scale back the tax discount loved by leases of furnished vacationer lodging. But it is a “measure” in the eyes of the left, which want to sort out extra head-on the “Airbnb tax niche”. The boss of Modem deputies, Jean-Paul Mattei, additionally criticized the authorities measure, “insufficient and poorly targeted”has “the edge of a housing crisis”.

Members of the majority and the oppositions have additionally failed to forestall the authorities from refocusing on the “tense areas” the system of “zero interest loan” for the buy of a brand new condominium. Even if, right here too, the govt has let go by including new cities to those “tense areas” and by increasing the households eligible for this help measure for the first property acquisition.

Retained due to 49.3, an modification proposing very advantageous taxation for “international sports federations” is controversial. According to a supply inside FIFA, “the objective” of the authorities is to draw extra to France the supreme physique of world soccer, which has a department in Paris however whose headquarters are in Switzerland. Green MP Jean-Claude Raux denounces “the tax reward too many. FIFA does not must evade taxes ».

In the Assembly, deputies will sort out the first part of the Social Security budget on Tuesday. It was rejected in committee however the authorities intends to make use of 49.3 once more. For the fourteenth time.