Since Sunday, the subject has been controversial.
By filing an appeal amendment Friday evening aimed at reducing inheritance tax, Aurore Bergé, patroness of the Renaissance group, and Mathieu Lefèvre, head of the movement at the National Assembly's finance committee, provoked the ire of many. majority parliamentarians.
"
Not the time to bring up to date this campaign promise of President Macron
", believe some deputies.
An opinion shared by the Minister of the Budget, Gabriel Attal, who specified that a measure on inheritance rights was postponed "
to later during the five-year term
".
Asked about the subject on Monday, the President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, recalled that it was a simple appeal amendment.
“
It allows us to put a subject on the table, to say that it seems important to us and that we want to discuss it.
(…) We do not want it to be voted on, this amendment is withdrawn once the discussion takes place
, ”she said.
Remarks along the lines of those of Aurore Bergé, the day before in
Le Figaro
.
“
The objective is not to come into force today but to recall our commitment and that we will keep it in this mandate
”, had specified the boss of the Renaissance group in our columns.
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Not intended to be adopted
This is indeed the purpose of appeal amendments, which always relate to substantive issues and allow the parliamentarians of the majority to draw the government's attention to a subject.
“
These amendments are there to be defended but are generally withdrawn.
This allows the deputies who ask them to speak in committee or in the hemicycle and to have a response from the minister and the committee rapporteur who will be able to give their opinion on the subject
, "decrypts Benjamin Fargeaud, professor of public law. at the University of Lorraine.
Most of the time, the government gives an unfavorable opinion and explains that it takes the subject seriously and that it will be the subject of future debates.
Then the member withdraws his amendment.
“
As MPs don't have a handle on the content of bills, the appeal amendment allows them to put a topic on the agenda, even if its chances are slim.
This somehow catches the eye of the executive
, ”concludes Benjamin Fargeaud.