The boss of the RN Marine Le Pen gave “until Monday” to Prime Minister Michel Barnier to take into account the “red lines” of his party on the Social Security budget.
The National Rally maintains its threat to vote on censure next week on the Social Security budget because “the government does not seem to want to move”MP Jean-Philippe Tanguy, specialist in economic issues for the RN, told Les Echos on Saturday. “We are waiting to see the draft Social Security budget on Monday to draw the consequences. If the text has not evolved and the government decides on 49.3, we will vote for censure.he declares.
The leader of the RN Marine Le Pen gave “until Monday” to Prime Minister Michel Barnier to take into account the “red lines” of his party on this Social Security budget, one of the three texts likely to lead to the fall of the government, with the 2025 state budget and the 2024 end-of-management bill. The RN considers the concession made Thursday by Michel Barnier who had given up on increasing taxes on electricity.
“Our red lines have been the same since the beginning”
The Social Security budget must return to the National Assembly on Monday for adoption. Without a majority, Michel Barnier could activate article 49.3 of the Constitution which allows approval without a vote, but exposes the government to a motion of censure. And if the RN voted for a motion of censure from the left, the government would fall. “Our red lines have been the same since the start of the budget discussion and we will not back down on any of our demands. There is no question of compromising on the revaluation of all pensions on January 1st”Jean-Philippe Tanguy declared in particular to Les Echos. “It’s a casus belli. It is an issue of social justice and an economic issue to fight against over-savings and revive consumption”he added.
To save money, the government originally wanted to postpone the indexation of pensions to inflation by six months, to July 1. But he then accepted that all pensions would be increased by half the inflation on January 1, 2025, with a second catch-up for the smallest pensions six months later.
