Video “49.3 gives the illusion that we can govern without a majority”, judges the economist Thomas Piketty, for whom this article above all allows us to “avoid coalitions”

On the sidelines of the meeting with political party leaders organized in Saint-Denis by Emmanuel Macron on Friday November 17, economist Thomas Piketty was the guest of the show “#OnVousRépond” on franceinfo channel 27. The opportunity for the co-author of the book A history of political conflict to return to the repeated recourse of the government of Elisabeth Borne to article 49.3 to have its reforms adopted without a vote.

Without this article present in the Constitution, the government “should form a coalition with the Republicans”argues Thomas Piketty, who answers the question in the affirmative “has 49.3 become a means of governing?”. “It’s very unhealthy, he laments. 49-3 is a way to avoid explicit coalitions (…) Once the tool exists, it is very tempting for the government to use it.” For the economist, we should put an end to 49.3 in France, emphasizing that “all the democracies around us do without it.”