► The RN raises the threat of censorship
The vice-president of the National Rally Sébastien Chenu threatened François Bayrou on Wednesday December 18 with censorship if the latter “does not take into account the errors that Michel Barnier may have made, both in form and in substance” in preparing your budget.
“If François Bayrou does not take into account the errors that Michel Barnier may have made, both in form and in substance, he will also head towards the same consequences, that is to say sooner or later towards censorship »said the Northern MP on Europe 1-Cnews. “The hourglass has returned, we will tell it when the last grains flow out, if it has fulfilled its mission or if it also deserves to leave”he decided.
What would be the conditions for him not to be the subject of a motion of censure? “If he listens to us, if he hears us, if he accepts proposals” of the far-right party to save money and reduce the public deficit.
► LR: “The conditions are not met” for entry into government
The conditions “are not together at the moment” for LR’s entry into the government, said the resigning Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau, who will meet François Bayrou on Wednesday morning to discuss it.
“I will only be able to stay in government if I am able to pursue the policy that the majority of French people want, that is to say, to restore authority, firmness, public order, both in the streets only at our borders »he said on BFMTV-RMC about his personal case.
► Marc Fesneau evokes “very advanced exchanges”
The president of the Modem deputies, Marc Fesneau, very close to Prime Minister François Bayrou, spoke “very advanced exchanges” on the composition of the government, without committing to a date for his appointment.
“It seems to me that the exchanges are still very advanced”declared the MP on TF1, questioned about the two meetings the day before between François Bayrou and President Emmanuel Macron.
A new government before Christmas? “I believe that it is the desire of the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister to have before Christmas”he explained, recalling that“we saw what it was like to wait”in reference to the government of Gabriel Attal who resigned for two months this summer.
“There is a need for teams to be able to be formed in the ministries before Christmas so that, from the start of the school year, things can be put in order”he decided.
► Budget: the “special law” submitted to the Senate, final adoption in sight
The “special law”a budgetary palliative submitted urgently after the censorship of the Barnier government, enters its home stretch in Parliament with a vote without suspense expected in the Senate, a prelude to a much less consensual discussion on the budget at the start of the year.
Pending the constitution of a full-fledged government around François Bayrou and above all a real budget for the year 2025, Parliament is responding to the most pressing needs with this atypical bill, which authorizes the executive to collect taxes and borrow to finance the State and Social Security.
The National Assembly adopted it unanimously on Monday and the Senate is preparing to do the same, from 2:30 p.m. in the hemicycle. Unless there is a huge surprise, he will approve it without modifying it, which will put an end to its parliamentary journey and allow its promulgation at the last minute before December 31.
