Unanimously.
The National Assembly adopted overnight from Friday to Saturday the credits for overseas territories for 2023, as part of the first reading of the draft state budget.
#overseas credits adopted unanimously!
#DirectAN #Budget2023 pic.twitter.com/lnWdmgQ5gP
— Christian Baptiste (@Christi78454455) October 29, 2022
Housing, access to water and new food aid: often against the advice of the government, overseas deputies have redistributed envelopes for the benefit of subjects deemed to be priorities, with tens of millions of euros in bursts.
41 “for” votes were given, 0 “against” and the majority abstained.
“A great parliamentary moment” of union
Overseas parliamentarians hailed "a great parliamentary moment" of union of all the territories concerned.
The co-rapporteur Karine Lebon (Communist group, Reunion) was pleased that the government had not made “zoreille porc dan' marmite pois” (the deaf ear, in Creole).
#PLF2023 #overseas budget: serial victories in the hemicycle.
Overseas elected officials build the budget against the advice of the government.
No tyinbo!
— Karine Lebon (@KarineLebon) October 28, 2022
Credits are up by 300 million euros compared to 2022 (+11%), reaching 2.4 billion, but were deemed very insufficient by the elected officials concerned, most of them in opposition.
"It's a bit Martian in 2022 that French people don't have access to water", notably launched Estelle Youssouffa (Liot group, Mayotte).
Overseas Minister Jean-François Carenco replied that “yes, it is fed up that there is no water” and “it is a fundamental right”.
But “for it to happen, I don't need money, I need us to work” with communities.
This is often the response that the Minister has given to amendments coming from the left, the right and the extreme right, sometimes in great tension: "I do not believe that the budgets solve all the problems of these territories" and it's more about “consuming them well” and “organizing”.
Among the rare proposals supported by Carenco is an amendment by Max Mathiasin (Liot) for the payment of transport costs for parents residing overseas and having to travel to France to have their child suffering from a disease treated there. incurable.
It remains to be seen whether these amendments will be retained while the threat of 49.3 hovers which could be drawn once again by the executive, this time to pass the entire draft state budget without a vote.
“We are talking about a 49.3 on Monday (…) Do these votes count for butter?
It will pose a hell of a problem, ”said Eric Coquerel (LFI).