Two days after using article 49.3 on state and social security budgets, François Bayrou faces two censorship motions this Wednesday, February 5, filed by rebellious France. Except for theater, the government should not be overturned today: the national rally has spoken out against censorship and its consequences for the economy. Just like the socialists, who after many hesitations have chosen to “give a budget to France”. The rejection of censorship motions will in fact be adopted by the latter by the Assembly: the budget of France has never been voted so late under the Fifth Republic.
Info to remember
⇒ The first censorship motion will be examined from 3.30 p.m.
⇒ Eric Coquerel calls on socialist deputies to “break the ranks”
⇒ The RN must officially decide whether or not to censor at a group meeting
9:30 am
Not the budget we hoped for, “regrets the boss of the CPME
The president of the Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (CPME) Amir Reza-Tofighi regretted this Wednesday on RMC an “imperfect” budget which “emphasizes the tax increases, the tax increases and not on the decrease expenditure “.
The boss of the Vitalliance Personal Service Company has, however, nuanced his remarks, believing that we “prefer a budget that no budget”, and dreading that the absence of a finance law “causes instability”, even an “economic uncertainty and therefore an economic crisis”.
With this budget “we have a lot of additional taxes on businesses”, and “very little reduction in public spending (…). It is just a lower increase in public spending than expected. I don’t call it expense reduction, ”he said.
08:40
Little suspense on the choice of RN
Censorship or not? The national rally will officially make its decision this Wednesday. But Jordan Bardella, president of the party, clearly expressed himself yesterday against censorship “with heavier consequences for the economy” than that of Michel Barnier.
Even if the RN had decided to vote it, the rebellious motion had no chance of being adopted after the socialists’ refusal to support it. 289 votes are necessary for adoption.
8:35 am
How many socialist voices in favor of censorship?
If most of the environmentalists and communists should vote to censor the government, the socialists chose Monday to abstain, in the name of “the general interest of the country”. Some deputies could however brave the instruction, anticipate internal sources to the group. On January 16, eight party deputies at the rose thus supported the first motion of censorship against François Bayrou, out of 66 elected officials at the Bourbon Palace.
On CNews/Europe 1, the LFI deputy Eric Coquerel called this Wednesday morning the socialist deputies “to break the ranks”. “We made a commitment to the voters. There we will allow macronism to perpetuate [son action]. Those who do not vote for censorship break their commitments, “said the president of the finance committee of the National Assembly.
08:30
Two motions of censorship and a new 49.3 on the menu of the day
The first motion of censorship filed by rebellious France, that against the 49.3 used by François Bayrou to have the draft state budget for 2025 will adopt without vote, will be examined in the National Assembly from 3.30 p.m. At the end of the afternoon, deputies will examine a second motion of censorship, against the 49.3 launched this time on the social security budget.
In this busy day, François Bayrou should then trigger another 49.3, still on the social security budget, which had cost Michel Barnier’s post. Another 49.3 is still expected, on the third part of the text, at the end of the week or at the start of next week.