the hot issues awaiting the executive

The budget test

The examination of the finance bill for 2023, which will begin in Parliament in the fall, promises to be explosive. Admittedly, the executive is confident after saving the outline of the purchasing power package, adopted in early August despite very heated debates and the rejection of the text by the left. “We will have the same method of compromise, but we will also have the same red lines: no debt or taxes”reaffirmed the Minister of Public Accounts, Gabriel Attal, in an interview with echoes. However, the parallel is difficult to draw. As a matter of principle, opposition always vote against the annual budget and they are certainly not likely to derogate from this rule… Also, the Borne government might have no other choice than to resort to article 49-3. This procedure would allow the text to be adopted without a vote, but would expose it to a motion of censure… If it wants to avoid this last resort solution, the executive will have to develop a negotiation strategy…