the activation of 49.3 is the “sign of a failure of the government”, reacts Gérard Larcher

The activation of Article 49.3 of the Constitution is the “a sign of the government’s failure in the dialogue it told us it was engaging with all the political forces“, denounces this Thursday, October 20 on franceinfo the president Les Républicains du Sénat Gérard Larcher. On Wednesday, the executive started this “constitutional tool” to do adopt the first part of the 2023 finance bill without a vote.

The deputies of the NUPES tabled a motion of censure against the government on Wednesday, those of the National Rally will do so this Thursday. The LR deputies have already announced that they will not vote on any of these motions. “We must not add a political crisis to the financial energy crises that we know“, justifies Gérard Larcher. He assures that his party Les Républicains will not mix his “voix neither on the extreme left nor on the extreme right“.

Gérard Larcher also recalls that in the Senate “there is no 49.3“.”We will examine income and expenditure“, he warns. President LR of the Senate explains that this text of law “voted by the Senate, will go again to the National Assembly“.”We will see what the government will retain from the Senate’s proposals, which will pay particular attention to the tariff shield for citizens, for small businesses and for local authorities.“, he adds.

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For Gérard Larcher, “it is a budget that today is already obsolete“. He believes that this budget “is based on a growth of 1% whereas it will undoubtedly be much lower than 1% and perhaps negative for the year 2023“.”It is a budget that makes no room for a gradual return to balance“, criticizes President LR of the Senate.