The special law to allow the state apparatus to operate in the absence of a budget is “ready”, assured Monday, December 9, the resigning Minister of the Budget Laurent Saint-Martin, adding that it would be enough to bring together a council of ministers for the text to be presented.
“I have been at work for five days since the censorship of this government to prepare this special law which could be presented at the next council of ministers, it is enough to bring it together for it to be presented,” he said. declared on TF1.
Avoid “shutdown”
This special law, promised by Emmanuel Macron before mid-December, could be carried by “the resigning government or by a new government”, specified Mr. Saint-Martin. It should make it possible to avoid “shutdown”, i.e. administrative paralysis, by renewing the budgetary appropriations for the year 2024 for the following year. It will also be used to collect tax from January 1, 2025.
“The special law cannot index income tax to its scale on inflation,” clarified the minister, referring to a constitutional impossibility. For their part, pensions will be well indexed “whatever happens” by the social security code, synonymous with revaluation.