49.3 “is not at all a formality”, says the Minister of Health

The 49.3″is not a formality at all“, affirms the Minister of Health, Aurélien Rousseau, this Thursday on franceinfo, after Élisabeth Borne took responsibility for her government to have the public finance programming law adopted.

“There is never a closing of the door to dialogue, but from the moment the dialogue turns into obstruction, we engage government responsibility.“, adds the former chief of staff of the Prime Minister.

Six months after that on pension reform, Elisabeth Borne in fact invoked a new 49.3 on Wednesday, on a public finance programming text, the first appeal in a long list expected in the Assembly this fall.

This is its 12th use of this tool which, in the absence of an absolute majority in the Assembly, allows it to pass a text without a vote, unless a motion of censure is adopted. In reaction, the left-wing Nupes alliance immediately announced that it was submitting one, the success of which remains conditional on a vote from the other opposition groups.