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Fabien Roussel, first secretary of the French Communist Party, denounces “a war budget which will be proposed to the French”
“It’s not at all our preferred choice. Rather than putting money into a war economy, we prefer to put money into production, the construction of housing, into resources for our communitieshe argued. We need to invest in France, not to go to war abroad. » Then he criticized an increase in army credits of 6.7 billion for 2026, an additional envelope voted by the senators. But in the event of a special law, this would be frozen.
Asked about 49.3, which Sébastien Lecornu refused to use and which the right is calling for, Fabien Roussel declared: “If this government does not find a way, when it has exhausted all means after a special law, it is the ordinances or a 49.3. And it will be up to him to make the decision. »
At the end of the day, Monday, a council of ministers will be held to present the special bill, upon Emmanuel Macron’s return from Abu Dhabi. In the process, the finance committees of the National Assembly and the Senate will hear Monday evening and Tuesday the Minister of the Economy, Roland Lescure, and Amélie de Montchalin, Minister of Public Accounts. The objective is that this text can be voted on Tuesday by both chambers.
Like last year, there should be no “no vote against”predicted on RTL the “rebellious” president of the finance committee, Eric Coquerel. But from the beginning of the college 12 months, on January 5, will probably be essential to resume discussions to attempt to discover a 2026 finances.
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