the assembly with the representatives of the teams within the Assembly started in Bercy; the communists and ecologists declined the invitation | EUROtoday

A gathering between the federal government and the parliamentary teams of the Socialist Party, the presidential camp and the appropriate, however with out environmentalists or communists, started Tuesday January 6 in Bercy on the finish of the afternoon to maneuver in direction of a 2026 finances.

“The Ecologist and Social group says it clearly: meetings in Bercy will not replace parliamentary work. We will lead the fight in committee and in session at the National Assembly, with determination, to defend a budget for ecological and social overhaul”they are saying in a press launch, regretting that the federal government didn’t select to “present a new budget” after the failure of discussions on the finance invoice (PLF) on the finish of 2025.

The GDR group (communists and abroad) may even not attend the invitation of the Minister of Public Accounts, Amélie de Montchalin, and the Minister of the Economy, Roland Lescure, its president, Stéphane Peu, introduced Tuesday morning. GDR deputies don’t need “create the illusion that there would be in [leur] group, even if only the smallest hope of [les] see [s’]abstain or even less vote for [ce] budget “he emphasised throughout his group’s press convention.

The Minister of the Economy, Roland Lescure, welcomed the resumption of discussions to the press. “We believe that it is still possible to give France a budget, as quickly as possible. And we are not the only ones, as you know, a certain number of parliamentary groups have agreed to participate”he instructed the press. The assembly “will last as long as it takes, and the government wants it to last (…) to be useful in the compromise »added the Minister of Public Accounts, Amélie de Montchalin.

Return of the PLF to the National Assembly

Bercy announced on Monday that it had invited representatives of the parliamentary groups of the Assembly, excluding La France insoumise and the National Rally, for a working meeting intended to try to raise “the main blocking points identified during the joint committee” from December 19. This conclave bringing collectively seven senators and 7 deputies resulted in failure, the representatives of the 2 Chambers rapidly recognizing the impossibility of an settlement.

The finance invoice is subsequently again within the Assembly for a brand new studying. The Finance Committee will debate it on Thursday and Friday, earlier than the textual content arrives within the Hemicycle from January 13, theoretically till January 23.

The solely left-wing group to attend the ministers’ invitation, the Socialist Party (PS) reiterated its calls for on Tuesday when it comes to tax justice, buying energy, protection of public providers and ecological transition. The PS desires a rise of 9 billion euros in income, to extend spending accordingly, mentioned MP Romain Eskenazi throughout his group’s press convention.

Asked in regards to the attainable use by the Prime Minister of article 49 paragraph 3 of the Constitution to compensate for the absence of a majority within the Assembly, Mr. Eskenazi affirmed that the PS had not “no position of principle on 49.3”calling on this case for the negotiation of a “non-censorship pact” as was completed in the beginning of 2025 with the previous prime minister, François Bayrou.