10:04 – What is article 49.3?
Paragraph 3 of Article 49 of the Constitution, commonly known as 49.3, appears in Title V of the Constitution. This legal system serves to regulate “relations between the government and Parliament”. The Prime Minister is the person who can use it after deliberation by the Council of Ministers. It is then possible to suspend the examination of a particularly controversial bill within the National Assembly, and therefore of all the negotiations that accompany it. This would allow the presidential camp to force a text through, therefore without a vote, despite opposition, and to speed up the procedure. legislative, in particular by putting an end to possible obstruction of parliamentarians.
09:59 – “If we don’t succeed, we will use the 49.3”, says Barnier
Guest of Caroline Roux Thursday evening on France 2, Michel Barnier developed some of the points he had already addressed during his general policy declaration two days earlier. On the other hand, if the Prime Minister “would like” that the 2025 budget could be adopted by the National Assembly, he could not ensure that it would not force itself on the subject. “There is no majority so we will see. I would like it to be adopted by the National Assembly. It will be a difficult, serious and responsible budget. But if we do not succeed, we will use the 49.3, which is a tool of the Constitution”, indicates the Prime Minister.
03/10/24 – 23:31 – A “single social allowance” from 2025?
END OF LIVE – This is in any case one of the projects that the new Prime Minister, Michel Barnier, said he wanted to carry out on Thursday evening. The objective of this “single social allowance” will be in particular that “work pays more than the addition of allowances”. However, the tenant of Matignon was lucid: the “construction site will take a little time”. Furthermore, not all allocations will be systematically reduced. That intended for people with disabilities could in particular be increased.
03/10/24 – 22:38 – Immigration: “I can combine humanity or dignity with firmness”, assures Michel Barnier
“There will be rigorous measures to control immigration, better control European borders”, assumed the Prime Minister on Thursday evening on the set of The Event. “I can combine humanity or dignity with firmness. If we control immigration, and we will control it concretely, we will be able to welcome those we welcome with more dignity,” he also justified himself, adding: “ Perhaps there will be changes to the law if necessary. There is progress possible within the framework of the current law.