The deputies must approve this Tuesday the part "taxes" of the draft budget 2021

The National Assembly ended the debates on the revenue side of the 2021 draft budget overnight from Monday to Tuesday, with a provisionally degraded budget balance of 240 million euros and a deficit of 153 billion euros.

The solemn vote at first reading of this “

” part of the 2021 finance bill (PLF), hit hard by the coronavirus crisis, will take place on Tuesday afternoon in the hemicycle.

To close this revenue section, the Assembly voted for the “

” of the state budget, a government amendment which balances out costs and resources, depending on what was specifically voted on in the government. during discussions.

Among the causes of the deterioration of the budget balance, the government's approval to renounce a reduction of 100 million euros in the resources of the chambers of commerce and industry in 2021.

A budget already "

stillborn

"

Initially planned in this 2021 PLF, this reduction in resources had provoked an outcry from CCI France, the national organization of chambers of commerce, as well as elected officials from all sides.

This first part of the budget mainly devotes the reduction in production taxes of 10 billion euros for companies.

Overall, this 2021 PLF is counting on a rebound of 8% of GDP in 2021, a deficit of 6.7% of GDP and debt still dizzying at 116.2% of GDP.

But this budget is already “

” according to the right-wing opposition, because it is based on economic assumptions established before the second wave of Covid-2019.

Review of the Social Security budget

Tuesday evening, after this solemn vote, the deputies will begin examining the 2021 Social Security financing bill and its 2,000 amendments.

With the health crisis, the return to balance is compromised for several years.

Taking into account the lower income from taxes and contributions, the programmed deficit is 44.4 billion in 2020 and 27.1 billion in 2021. Not to mention the impact of curfews since Friday midnight for nearly 20 million inhabitants large metropolises.

Particularly in bad shape, the health insurance branch (-19 billion in 2021) has planned to fund 4.3 billion for masks, tests and work stoppages, including 1.5 billion for a vaccination campaign.

To this will be added 7.9 billion wage increases and investments, as part of the "Ségur de la santé" supposed to materialize the "

" that Emmanuel Macron promised to the public hospital.

The question of funding is also crucial for the new “autonomy” branch, which brings together a large part of the credits intended for disabled people and dependent elderly people.

The Minister of Health Olivier Véran has pledged to endow it with “

” additional in 2021.

The deputies will also examine a more consensual measure: the doubling of paternity leave (from 14 to 28 days including 7 compulsory), as announced in September by Emmanuel Macron, for entry into force on July 1, 2021. The cost for the family branch will be some 500 million euros more in a full year.