The Finance Committee rejected this Tuesday evening (36 votes against, 30 for) the 2023-2027 public finance programming bill.
This first failure for the executive announces the color for the examination of this text in plenary session from October 10, raising fears of a new rejection by the opposition which this time would have consequences.
The Minister of Public Accounts, Gabriel Attal, had nevertheless warned during the day of the risks incurred in the event of
“non-adoption”
of this bill, which the National Assembly is considering in parallel with the draft budget 2023.
“A certain number of funds are conditional on the adoption of a public finance programming law
,” insisted the minister before the commission.
As on the other texts, the executive is confronted with the absence of an absolute majority in the Assembly.
And contrary to what it is preparing for the 2023 draft budget, the government does not intend to use article 49-3 of the Constitution – which allows adoption without a vote – for the programming law.
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Because, outside the finance bill and Social Security budget, the government can only use 49-3 once per session, and it does not want to burn this cartridge from this programming law.
He failed to obtain the support of the LRs, despite a text which provides for overall stability in the civil service workforce over five years and aims for a return to below 3% of the public deficit in relation to GDP by 2027. .
