49.3 is “a measure that will be appreciated by the French”, claims MP Frédéric Valletoux

“It is a measure of responsibility that has just been taken by the Prime Minister”, estimates Frédéric Valletoux, deputy of Seine-et-Marne and spokesperson for Horizons, Wednesday October 19 on franceinfo. According to him, the 49.3 used by Elisabeth Borne on the 2023 budget is even “a measure that will be very much appreciated by the French”: “We had to avoid a deadlock situation because we are talking about France’s budget and therefore our country’s ability to carry out public policies.”

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Frédéric Valletoux retains that“hardly Élisabeth Borne had finished her speech than the Nupes had already tabled its motion of censure”. “This proves that, from the start, there was no desire to find any point of agreement whatsoever with the government. It was opposition for opposition.” He also denounces the “gesticulation” left-wing deputies who all left the hemicycle when the use of 49.3 was announced.

“We are used to the Nupes. They go, they come, they go out, they shout, they come back, they sit down, they leave. All that, unfortunately, is cinema.”

Frédéric Valletoux, Horizons MP

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Like the government, the Horizons spokesperson insists on the “more than 50 hours of discussion” on the budget. “We cannot say that there has been a spoliation of the debate or of respect for listening to minoritiessays Frédéric Valletoux. There is even the taking into account of all the benches of the oppositions.

However, of the hundred amendments retained by the government and which franceinfo was able to consult, none came from La France insoumise or the National Rally. “There are public policy coherencesrecalls Frédéric Valletoux. The Prime Minister was very clear from her general policy speech last July by defining a republican arc. It should come as no surprise that the two extremist parties are not taken into account.”