The 2024 budget definitively adopted after the rejection of a motion of censure in the National Assembly

The finance bill for the year 2024 was definitively adopted on Thursday, December 21, by Parliament, after the rejection of a new motion of censure in the National Assembly. Presented by the left in response to the use of 49.3 by Elisabeth Borne on Tuesday, it only received 116 votes out of the 289 votes needed.

In the chamber on Thursday, the Prime Minister defended the bill by highlighting the creation of more than 2,000 police and gendarmerie positions, an increase in resources for Justice and Defense, and upgrades for teachers. and one “green budget” including an additional 7 billion euros in favor of the ecological transition. Like last year, the government used the constitutional weapon of 49.3 ten times to pass this budget and that of Social Security, definitively adopted on December 4, without a vote.

The government is on a crest between its spending and the desire to reduce the public deficit to 4.4% of GDP in 2024. Bercy has promised to seek 12 billion additional savings per year from 2025. assignment “difficult”, recognize Macronist deputies. The left denounces “austerity” and criticizes the government for not doing enough on ecology and housing, while refusing to increase taxes on the richest or large companies.