After the warning, the threat.
A few days after an interview with
Échos
,
in which the president of the Republicans Éric Ciotti estimated that France
was “taking the same path as Greece”
on the management of its public accounts, the deputy for Alpes-Maritimes added a layer a few hours after the announcement made by INSEE of the 5.5% public deficit in 2023. Guest Tuesday evening on BFMTV, the boss of the right-wing party did not rule out, on the contrary, the filing of a motion of censure in view of the deterioration of public accounts.
“It is a hypothesis that is on the table, very clearly
,” indicated Éric Ciotti, if the 2025 budget is adopted in the fall, like the previous ones of this legislature, using the constitutional weapon of 49.3.
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In the event of an amended finance bill (PLFR) tabled by the government this spring, the president of LR also considered it
“possible”
to vote on a rejection text.
The sixty right-wing votes, which would be added to those of all the oppositions, could mechanically bring down the government.
“I believe that today we cannot continue in this situation, in this drift which endangers the future of our nation
,” the parliamentarian also lamented.
All this, while not ruling out censoring the executive before the Olympic Games.
“The Olympics are not a legislative deadline, not a political deadline, it is for Mr. Macron, not for us
,” he insisted.
“Disastrous management”
In the interview with the economic daily, Éric Ciotti already explained that
“this disastrous management of public finances must be censored.”
“It is no longer up to the French to pay for the government’s excessive lifestyle.”
“As early as last fall, we made proposals with a solid counter-budget for the finance bill (PLF) for 2024, with 25 billion reductions in public spending.
The government swept them away
,” regretted the boss of the right.