PARIS (Reuters) – Elisabeth Borne’s government used article 49.3 of the Constitution on Wednesday to have the first part of the finance bill (PLF) for the year 2024 adopted and bypass the vote of deputies.
The executive does not have an absolute majority in the National Assembly, and has on several occasions had to resort to the powers conferred by article 49.3 of the Constitution to pass laws in the face of opposition from parliamentarians. The law is considered adopted if no motion of censure is passed against the government.
The parliamentary group of La France insoumise (LFI) announced the tabling of a motion of censure.
“Today, the observation is clear, no opposition group is ready to vote for this finance bill. But our country needs this budget, we need this first part of the PLF to finance our projects and the answers to the challenges we face”, declared Elisabeth Borne to the deputies by activating 49.3.
The members of the finance committee of the National Assembly, who rejected this revenue section of the bill on Friday after around forty hours examining hundreds of amendments, must examine the “expenditure” section of the bill at from October 24, before it is submitted to the vote of the entire National Assembly, then the Senate.
(Reporting Leigh Thomas; Zhifan Liu, edited by Jean-Stéphane Brosse)
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