the Minister of the Economy says he is ready to make “concessions” to avoid a “storm” for France

The Minister of Economy and Finance, Antoine Armand, said Thursday, November 28, that he was prepared to “concessions” on budgetary texts, in particular concerning the tax on electricity, in order to avoid the “storm” economic and financial that according to him the fall of the government without a budget would result. If France does not vote on the budget, Antoine Armand believes that France will take “the path to dislocation”, “a leap into the budgetary, economic and financial unknown”. “We don’t collapse, we risk dropping out”he declared on BFMTV. Follow our live stream.

Michel Barnier's days at Matignon seem numbered. “This government will most likely fall next week“predicted the president of the La France insoumise group in the Assembly, Mathilde Panot, on franceinfo. The MP deplored a text “invotable” about the compromise found in the joint committee on the Social Security financing bill (PLFSS). “This budget is a Swiss cheese made of holes”joked François Hollande on France Inter.

A new standoff around pension reform. La France insoumise (LFI), supported by the National Rally (RN), defends the repeal of the pension reform as part of its “parliamentary niche”. The right and the Macronists tabled hundreds of amendments to try to prevent a vote in the Assembly on a text which would repeal the reform. The debates started at 9 a.m. and end whatever happens at midnight.

Reduce the legal retirement age from 64 to 62. This bill presented by La France insoumise plans to reduce the legal retirement age from 64 to 62. The text, approved without incident last week in committee, returns not only to the 2023 reform, but also to that carried out in 2013 by socialist minister Marisol Touraine, who had increased the contribution period.

La France insoumise refutes any alliance with the RN. At the same time, the left wants to table a motion of censure against the government of Michel Barnier, which the rebellious MP Clémence Guetté described as “fundamentally illegitimate” on France 2. “We are not asking for the votes of the RN. The RN takes its responsibilities. We are going to table a motion of censure and then everyone votes.”