He had not failed to cringe many opposition parliamentarians and some experts.
The amendment, to 34 billion euros, to the last five-year budget, to finance the France 2030 investment plan over several years has not been retested.
In a decision published Tuesday, the Constitutional Council has indeed validated the measure, as well as the amendments on the commitment income for young people and the Grand Marseille plan.
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The wise men of the rue de Montpensier had been seized by deputies and senators of the opposition contesting in particular the sincerity of an incomplete budget during its presentation in September, to the
“electoral”
measures
.
The High Council of Public Finances had also deeply regretted not being able
"to give a fully enlightened opinion on the forecasts of public finances for 2022".
But the Constitutional Council, chaired by Laurent Fabius, estimated
"that the new measures had been the subject of simple announcements on the date of the tabling of the finance bill.
The government was thus able (…) to take into account during the examination of the text the budgetary consequences of these measures ”.
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In addition, wise men indicate that the economic assumptions on which the finance law is based are not
"tainted with an intention to distort the main lines of the balance"
that it determines.
Clearly, this very political end-of-mandate finance law is not marred by budgetary insincerity.
On the other hand, as very often, the institution censored a dozen provisions on the grounds that they have no connection with the finance law and thus constitute "
budgetary riders
", like the article authorizing the State and the local authorities to derogate from certain public procurement rules for energy performance contracts.