Here we go again for a round on Tuesday at the Elysée, where Emmanuel Macron invited the executives of the political forces, excluding RN and LFI, to try to clear the road allowing him to appoint a Prime Minister, and above all to avoid censorship . François Bayrou, Jean-Yves Le Drian, Catherine Vautrin, Sébastien Lecornu… The names continue to pile up in political discussions as well as in articles, awaiting the choice of Emmanuel Macron who announced Thursday that he would decide ” in the coming days.”
Information to remember:
⇒ Emmanuel Macron discusses “method” with the parties at the Elysée, except with the RN and LFI
⇒ The NFP continues to be divided on the strategy to adopt
⇒ Budget: the “special law” will be presented to the Council of Ministers on Wednesday
Budget: the “special law” presented Wednesday to the Council of Ministers
A draft “special law” on the budget, allowing the State to raise taxes from January 1, will be presented to the Council of Ministers on Wednesday, the Elysée indicated this Tuesday morning. This “temporary law” was announced by Emmanuel Macron in his televised speech after the censorship of Michel Barnier’s government, in order to ensure “the continuity of public services and the life of the country”.
The resignation of the Prime Minister and his team left pending the examination in Parliament of the draft budget for 2025, the adoption of which before the end of the year becomes improbable in the absence of a new government to take over the debates. As provided by the Constitution in such circumstances, the executive can introduce “special legislation”.
The text will include three articles, according to a ministerial source. The main measure will consist, as provided for in the organic law of the finance laws, to authorize the government “to continue to collect existing taxes” until a formal budget is voted on. This framework also provides for the renewal of State expenditure at their 2024 level, via “decrees opening the applicable credits”. The two other provisions should allow the State and Social Security to borrow on the financial markets, via their dedicated agencies (AFT and Acoss), in order to avoid ending up in suspension of payments.
Emmanuel Macron discusses “method” with the parties, except the RN and LFI
After having held camp-by-camp meetings, the Head of State invited party leaders and presidents of parliamentary groups from most of the country’s political forces to the same room in the presidential palace at 2 p.m. this Tuesday. exception of RN and LFI. Emmanuel Macron’s entourage says they hope to “move forward on an agreement concerning a method” for the appointment of a new head of government, and even pass the buck to the political forces.
The entourage of the Head of State believes that the Lepenist party and LFI have argued that they do not wish to find a compromise. “They would like to set up the RN-LFI match (in the presidential election of) 2027 which they would not do otherwise”, reacted the president of the RN Jordan Bardella to BFMTV, denouncing a form of “disrespect”.
Environmentalists will not participate “in a ‘general interest’ government with LR or Macronists
“The idea is that […] the President of the Republic can make a form of synthesis” of the meetings of the last few days “and work on a form of agreement on method on how we can discuss in the days to come”, summarized the boss of the Ecologists Marine Tondelier on franceinfo ahead of her meeting at the Elysée “We will not participate in a ‘general interest’ government with LR or Macronists or who knows who”, she however ruled out.
The NFP continues to be divided on the strategy to adopt
While the socialists, communists and ecologists will once again take part in discussions in order to push for “the appointment of a left-wing prime minister”, the Insoumis, who refused to meet Emmanuel Macron, criticize this choice and call on them to “come back to reason”. “We are going to have an extremely pleasant exchange at breakfast,” quipped the boss of the communist deputies André Chassaigne, who is due to meet his NFP counterparts on Tuesday at 9 a.m. “No concessions, we are not mandated to do that,” summarized Jean-Luc Mélenchon at a meeting Monday evening in Brittany, predicting that these negotiations will not succeed.