Elisabeth Borne triggers a new 49.3 on the part devoted to state expenditure

A 16th appeal since his arrival at Matignon. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, on Tuesday, November 7, once again used the constitutional weapon of 49.3 to pass without a vote in the National Assembly the second part of the 2024 finance bill, devoted to “expenses” of State.

In response, La France Insoumise announced, during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, the filing of a motion of censure. The chances of success of this motion of censure are almost zero. The probable rejection of the motion during the week will mean adoption at first reading of this entire 2024 draft budget, before its transmission to the Senate.

“What’s the point” of debating

MEPs began examining appropriations on Tuesday evening “defense” of the finance law, with a budget of the Ministry of the Armed Forces expected to increase by 3.3 billion euros, to reach 47.2 billion in 2024. But “what’s the point” debate, asked the communist Fabien Roussel in the hemicycle, “if in the coming hours, once again, a 49.3 will fall on this Assembly like a guillotine?”

The now well-regulated ballet of 49.3, which immediately interrupts the debates in the hemicycle, provokes indignation among the oppositions, but also frustration in the ranks of the majority, whose deputies lose speaking time and visibility in the hemicycle.