The President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, in the hemicycle, in Paris, October 29, 2024 (AFP / Bertrand GUAY)
The President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, declared on Tuesday that she was not considering a “catastrophe foretold”, in the face of threats of censorship hovering over the draft state budget for 2025.
“I hear everything and often anything (…) Our texts are well done, our Constitution and our rules are there, so no disaster predicted, no American-style +shutdown+ (…) He there is no disaster scenario,” declared Ms. Braun-Pivet, guest on Sud Radio.
“The government can present to Parliament what is called a special law to collect taxes from January 1, there can be renewal of expenditure by decree to be able to pay civil servants, retirees, etc. (…) I do not want to worry our compatriots. We are in real responsibility,” she added.
Asked about the pressures facing Prime Minister Michel Barnier – Marine Le Pen for the far right then Mathilde Panot on behalf of the left firmly maintained on Monday their threats of censorship of the government after their interviews with the tenant of Matignon – Yaël Braun -Pivet considers that these are rather “political positions”.
“The role of the Prime Minister, when he constructs a budget, is to take into account the expressions of the elected parliamentarians of the nation representing the French. (…) We have to make choices and that is precisely what it is incumbent on him to take into account the opinions and political expressions of all.
Faced with the RN's intention to vote for censure if the budget remained “as is” according to Marine Le Pen, the President of the National Assembly recalled that the motion of censure is “a constitutional right which belongs to parliamentarians” and called for “everyone to put themselves in a constructive position for the good of our country”.
In addition to opposition, certain allies of Michel Barnier are increasing pressure to limit tax increases.
The head of the Macronist deputies Gabriel Attal, who was received Tuesday morning with the other leaders of the “common base”, reiterated on Monday his “doubts” on this subject but judged Marine Le Pen “totally irresponsible”, on the sidelines of a trip to Orne.
