Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne activates article 49.3 again to pass the text without a vote

The 49.3 activated again. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne again engaged Thursday, October 20, in the National Assembly, the responsibility of the government on the revenue part of the Social Security financing bill by means of Article 49.3 of the Constitution, which allows the adoption of the text without a vote, except motion of censure.

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“You rejected the first part of the text. Above all, you distorted the second part”which was rejected. “We cannot take the risk of a new rejection or a text, again, distorted”argued before the deputies the head of government, deprived of an absolute majority.

This is the second time in two days that the government of Elisabeth Borne has taken responsibility, after a first 49.3 on Wednesday on the first part of the draft budget for 2023. The deputies of the left alliance Nupes tabled a new motion of censure against the government after the triggering, Thursday, of 49.3 to pass the revenue part of the social security budget without a vote, announced the boss of the LFI group, Mathilde Panot.

“We will again table a motion of censure”like Wednesday after the use of 49.3 also on the state budget, she declared to the press. “Double 49.3 equals double motion of no confidence”she launched, surrounded by elected leftists.