“The budget is within reach”assured the deputies, the Minister of the Economy and Finance Roland Lescure, Tuesday January 13, whereas the National Assembly is contemplating for the second time the finance invoice for 2026. This new studying comes after the failure of deputies and senators to agree on a typical textual content within the joint committee in December.
“The urgency is to agree on the substance, a final effort is necessary: a large number of you want to get there. Let’s agree, reduce the damage, and allow France to move forward.”he added.
The minister’s speech lasted barely more than five minutes, in a hemicycle where few believe that the budget can be adopted without the government using article 49.3 of the Constitution – which allows the adoption of a text without a vote on it – or passing it by ordinance.
Mr. Lescure, however, stressed that it was not possible to remain indefinitely under the current regime. “special law”, which briefly renews expenditure and income from the earlier yr, as a result of “it penalizes the economy, and is not commensurate with the global upheavals which have accelerated in recent days”he stated, from the platform.
“Extremely useful” discussions
She “maintains uncertainty” And “worsens our public finances” since the deficit provided for by the text as it was voted in the Senate in December reached “nearly 5.4% of GDP, which is completely unacceptable”. “We must preserve investor confidence”added Mr. Lescure, noting that France must lift “310 billion euros on the markets this year”.
Without a budget, no increase in defense spending of 6.7 billion this year, he noted, while “the absence of a budget deprives our companies of a direction”.
However, he judged that the discussions between parties in recent months, and even “last hours”were “extremely useful”. “We listened to each other, this clarification of our positions took time, the time has now come for solutions”he assured, saying he was convinced that after the narrow adoption of the Social Security financing bill (PLFSS), in December, “we are once again able to reach a compromise on this budget”has “a text acceptable to a majority of you, even if, obviously, no one will be completely satisfied with it”.
He recalled that the final text should limit the public deficit to a maximum of 5% of GDP, and “share the effort between economic actors”.
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