The 2027 budget unanimously rejected, unprecedented in the Assembly

This text corresponds to part of the transcription of the report above. Click on the video to watch it in full. He was unanimous, but against him: not a single support from the government to vote on the budget, Wednesday November 4.

The Minister of Action and Public Accounts had sensed it coming. “If tonight is not really the time for suspense, the next few days will have to be those of surprise,” declared David Amiel. This budget had been largely modified in ten days of debate, by both the left and the right.

Elimination of savings, increase in taxes... In short, confides a ministerial advisor, "this odds and ends budget had become a Frankenstein copy that no one wanted to vote for." "It's a mess without a name.

Unfortunately, since 2022, it's like this. But I think that this year, it's the highlight for me," commented Philippe Balard, RN deputy for Oise. "What I would have liked is for us to be able to discuss a budget properly with colleagues.

Today, if it is rejected, it will go to the Senate. And perhaps when we return, we will finally be able to work on it properly", says Perrine Goulet, deputy of the Democrats of Nièvre. The government's red line, returning to a 5% deficit in 2027, is therefore heading to the Senate, on November 20, to be discussed.

It will be the turn, on December 9, of a joint committee. Seven deputies and seven senators will have to find an agreement before the deadline of December 17 at midnight. If this fails, the government may decide to resort to article 49.

3 to have the budget adopted, barring a motion of censure. Another possibility is to go through a prescription, with the same risk. “The deputies risk being quite unhappy with this, so we obviously risk a motion of censure.

We will have a budget, but undoubtedly no more government", summarizes Benjamin Morel, political scientist and constitutionalist. The government says today it is listening to opposition for a compromise but with a red line: returning to 5% deficit in 2027.

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