For ten days since the budget discussion began, the scenario has not changed. With each approved amendment, its signatories triumph: finally, this time, the draft budget becomes fairer. The New Popular Front (NFP), in particular, is delighted to transform, point by point, the text of the Barnier government into a “NFP-compatible” budget, which taxes the richest, large groups, more, and cuts less in the public sector. bills.
This is what happened on Thursday, October 31: the finance commission of the National Assembly approved a budget for justice that provides for the hiring of almost 5,000 more officials than expected. “We have saved Minister Didier Migaud, who finally has an acceptable budget based on what professionals ask for”welcomed the deputy (La France insoumise, LFI) Gabrielle Cathala to the Agence France-Presse.
These symbolic victories of the left deserve to be put into perspective. Not only are a large proportion of these amendments likely to be abandoned during the parliamentary process. But there is no doubt that many of them do not comply with the law. This is at least the convergent analysis of the general budget rapporteur before the National Assembly, Charles de Courson (Libertés, independents, overseas and territories), and the government. However, Eric Coquerel, president (LFI) of the finance commission, rejects this and should not take long to speak on the subject.
“Legal difficulties”
After the session’s examination of the first part of the draft budget for 2025, dedicated to revenue, Charles de Courson wanted to clearly see the tax increases, sometimes spectacular, adopted little by little. The result appears in a note, prepared by the centrist deputy with the support of the administrators of the finance committee and Bercy services, and published on Thursday, October 31.
Your conclusion? In the session, deputies modified the draft budget worth 50 billion euros, increasing some taxes by 30 billion euros and reducing others by 20 billion euros. Of this total, around half (26 billion euros) corresponds to modifications “they could be contrary to European law, the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Council or pose legal difficulties due to their wording”.
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