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The authorities spokesperson, Maud Bregeon, invited, Friday, December 19, the deputies and senators who should meet in a joint committee (CMP) to attempt to discover a compromise on the state finances to “do not confuse the 2026 budget with the 2027 presidential election”denouncing “political positions”.

“I invite everyone not to confuse the 2026 budget with the 2027 presidential election. What is at stake here is our ability to have a budget for one year, that does not include the final positions of potential candidates”declared Maud Bregeon on the microphone of RTL.

Seven deputies and 7 senators meet on the Palais-Bourbon from 9:30 a.m. for a joint committee, alleged to discover a compromise on the essential monetary textual content of the state finances. But even earlier than the opening of this conclave, failure appears inevitable, making the absence of a finances earlier than December 31 nearly sure, contradicting Sébastien Lecornu’s dangerous guess of a textual content voted on earlier than the tip of the yr.

Crowned Tuesday with the adoption of the Social Security finances with out recourse to 49.3 in an Assembly with out a majority, the Prime Minister hoped for a double. But on the state finances, the equation is extra complicated, between a Senate dominated by the proper, which needs to scale back spending, and an Assembly through which the left is demanding extra income.

Towards a particular legislation

Matignon says he needs a constructive end result from this assembly, however can also be contemplating a particular legislation, along with the Council of State, to ensure the cost of salaries and pensions earlier than a resumption of debates at first of 2026.

Maud Bregeon conceded that within the occasion of failure of the CMP, there would certainly be a particular legislation, regretting “a plaster” which permits “to keep the country running at a minimum” by profitable “a little time” earlier than the resumption of discussions in January. In this respect, Maud Bregeon recalled that it might be vital “find a midpoint” between the positions of one another to have a finances “with a deficit which must be less than 5%” of GDP.

Once once more, Maud Bregeon dominated out a doable use of 49.3, demanded by some, to move the finances with out a vote within the Assembly or a use of ordinances. “On what budget? »asked the spokesperson. “When Mr. Retailleau, Mr. Hollande or Mr.^me Borne asks us for 49.3, they don’t tell us on the basis of what budget”she insisted. “Parliamentarians must agree on the budget they want for the nation. We can’t do it for them.”she repeated.

In the executive and in the Assembly, the person responsible for the blockage is obvious: the LR senators, accused of intransigence on the revenues to be found. The senatorial right is particularly reluctant regarding the corporate tax surcharge, voted by the Assembly at first reading before it rejected the entire text, and which could bring in around 6 billion euros. A significant gain when the socialists are demanding at least ten billion more revenues, in order to increase spending accordingly.

If the CMP fails, the special law will have to be examined by both chambers. There is little doubt about its adoption: it could arrive at the Assembly on Monday evening, after convening a council of ministers.

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