Jordan Bardella calls for an "urgent" vote for a "golden rule" in the Constitution, after the rejection of the 2027 budget in the National Assembly

The day after the rejection of the 2027 draft budget in the National Assembly, Jordan Bardella requested the examination and "rapid" vote of a law to establish within "a few weeks" a "golden rule" in the Constitution. This "golden rule" would take up the "principle" already stated by the RN candidate for the Élysée, Marine Le Pen, namely "that no budget can be voted on if it increases the country's level of debt", announced the president of the far-right party in a video broadcast Thursday, November 5 on his social networks. The objective of this measure would be to create "a shock of confidence" after the unanimous vote of deputies Wednesday evening against the finance bill for 2027, which "testifies to a regime in complete collapse" according to the president of the National Rally.

The circumstances therefore make it "necessary to accelerate the timetable and to urgently vote on this golden rule", he continues, before asking "solemnly the government to urgently register a constitutional bill to this effect". Bruno Retailleau also favors the introduction of a budgetary "golden rule" in the Constitution, with the ambition of achieving success within a tight timetable, since he believes that "a rapid vote of Parliament, followed by a vote of Congress after its convocation by the President of the Republic, would make it possible to have within a few weeks a clear budgetary framework to bring the 2027 budget to fruition". Or precisely the procedure described in article 89 of the Constitution, which provides that the fundamental law can only be modified by a text of law adopted in identical terms by the Assembly and the Senate, then validated by referendum, or by a three-fifths majority of the two chambers meeting in Congress.

Among those most likely to respond favorably, the LR candidate, Bruno Retailleau, also wanted a referendum to be held "before the end of the year" on the introduction of a budgetary "golden rule" in the Constitution, which would limit the possibilities of a deficit. Last spring, Édouard Philippe also expressed the ambition to have this golden rule included in the Constitution, following a referendum, in the weeks following the presidential election.

Machine-translated from French