“The government persists in its strategy which favors some and disadvantages all others”, believes the elected representative from Val-de-Marne who denounces the “new cuts in the budgets” of the ministries.
Published on 23/01/2025 12:10
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“We will oppose and vote against” the draft state budget for 2025 submitted to the Senate for a vote on Thursday January 23, socialist senator from Val-de-Marne Laurence Rossignol declared on franceinfo. According to her, “the government persists in its strategy which favors some and disadvantages all others”.
François Bayrou escaped last week a first motion of censure on his general policy declaration, which neither the National Rally nor the vast majority of PS deputies voted for. The Prime Minister gave pledges to the socialists. In addition to the renegotiation of the 2023 pension reform, he renounced the elimination of 4,000 teaching positions and abandoned the move to three days of waiting in the civil service. “Socialists have demonstrated a real desire to work and move forward”assured Laurence Rossignol.
“But at the same time, in recent days, we have seen cuts arrive during the examination of the budget in the Senate” budgetary, underlined Senator PS. The government has introduced multiple “plane blows” additional information on almost all ministries. “The government is hesitating, it is going back on commitments, it is skewing with new ideas, new budget cuts”she regretted. “For the moment, we consider that the account is not there,” she warned, adding that the socialists had “until the joint committee (CMP)”, from January 30, “to discuss”.
