Bruno Retailleau calls on Sébastien Lecornu to “assume” 49.3; the Prime Minister is not going to use it, repeats the federal government spokesperson | EUROtoday

The president of the Republicans (LR), Bruno Retailleau, known as on Wednesday December 3 Sébastien Lecornu to ” to assume “ the usage of article 49.3 of the Constitution to move the budgets of Social Security and the State, however the Prime Minister “don’t use it[a] not “stated authorities spokesperson Maud Bregeon.

“We have to take responsibility for it. (…) I am convinced that socialists would never vote for censorship. So why doesn’t he use what the Constitution allows him to do to have a budget consistent with the interests of the nation? »asked the president of LR on Sud Radio.

The deputies have started working again on the draft Social Security budget for 2026, with a very uncertain future, with compromises still to be found on the left and a government coalition which displays its divisions. A consensus also seems very difficult to reach on the draft state budget. However, Sébastien Lecornu had given up, at the beginning of October, on using 49.3 to give back control to Parliament, a gesture in the direction of the socialists, who were demanding it.

Now, several leaders in his camp – but also certain elected officials from the Socialist Party – are asking, to overcome the budgetary impasse, to use this constitutional tool again, like the boss of Horizons, Edouard Philippe. “The best solution remains 49.3, because no one wants to assume this budget”additionally argued the president of the MoDem group, Marc Fesneau.

Resume 49.3 “wouldn’t shock” nor the boss of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) and chief of centrist senators, Hervé Marseille, interviewed by the Association of Parliamentary Journalists: “It would be a relief for everyone. »

“A bit easy”

But the federal government nonetheless has no intention of doing so. “We committed not to use it, we will not use the 49.3”it will come again “to acknowledge the failure of parliamentary discussions”the federal government spokesperson declared shortly after on BFM-TV. “It’s a bit easy” to recommend utilizing it. “Why should we be afraid of parliamentary debate? Bruno Retailleau has deputies, we must let the debate take place”she added.

She wished to go “at the end” of the process, and due to this fact that the solemn vote on the draft finances for “Secu” takes place on Tuesday, December 9, as deliberate. “It will be an important day, and everyone will be able to take a stand. Then the French will look at who chose to reduce the deficit and who refused to move towards a budget”she developed.

A rejection of this textual content would represent a serious setback for the Prime Minister, and would go away little hope of seeing a “Secu” finances adopted earlier than December 31. “There is no plan B, no special law for Social Security”warned the Minister of Labor, Jean-Pierre Farandou, to the deputies on Tuesday. In the absence of a finances, the “Secu” deficit might rise to 30 billion euros, the federal government has warned.