The ax fell on the National Assembly at midnight. This time, the famous article 49, section 3, of the Constitution is not at stake after the sudden end of the debates in the Bourbon Palace, on Wednesday, November 6, on the Social Security financing bill (PLFSS) by 2025.
On the night of Tuesday, November 5 to Wednesday, November 6, the Minister of Relations with Parliament, Nathalie Delattre, invoked before the national representation another provision of the fundamental law to interrupt the discussions of the deputies on the Social Security budget. “The twenty-day period provided for in paragraph 1 of article 47 of the Constitution, within which the National Assembly must decide in first reading, after the presentation of the bill, expires this afternoon. she argued. (…) we cannot accept [le] extend without reducing the examination time that the Senate must have for the PLFSS and without jeopardizing the examination of the finance bill [PLF] by 2025 », he continued, to the boos of the left and the clatter of desks hitting each other even in the seats of the extreme right.
From now on, the Government’s text must be transmitted to the Senate in its initial version, while the National Assembly could not examine it in its entirety or approve it in first reading. An unprecedented situation under the Vmy Republic.
The Minister of Relations with Parliament, however, clarified that the government would retain “a series of amendments” voted by the deputies after a consultation with the president (Horizons) of the social affairs commission, Fréderic Valletoux, the general rapporteur (Les Républicains, LR) of the Social Security budget, Yannick Neuder, and the various parliamentary groups.
Deputies failed to complete the examination of the entire bill, while just over 400 amendments on the expenditure part of the Social Security budget still remained to be examined. “It remains an observation of a great collective failure. “It is up to us to question the way we work, if we really want to act and influence this year’s budgets and those to come.” anticipated, a few hours earlier, the elected (unregistered) representative of Maine-et-Loire, Stella Dupont.
Discussions stalled
When the debates on the reimbursement of thermal cures were ending, the deputy (National Rally, RN) for the Somme Jean-Philippe Tanguy exclaimed: “But what a shame! “, addressing the elected representatives of the coalition. “There are fourteen million retirees waiting to know what the National Assembly thinks about freezing their pensions. (…) And we spent ten minutes on a false amendment.” shout.
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