Social Security Budget: Bourne scores new 49.3 on income

And 18! While the social security budget resumed its legislative activity in the National Assembly on Thursday after being passed in the Senate, Elizabeth Born again activated 49.3, this time on the revenue side.

“The Social Security Funding Bill is at the heart of our social model. He unites and protects the French. We cannot risk depriving them of this,” the Prime Minister justified in a short statement from the podium of the meager meeting.

49.3 allows for the adoption of the text without a vote, except in the case of a vote of no confidence. This is the 18th time that Elisabeth Bourne or on her behalf has used this controversial constitutional instrument since her appointment to Matignon.

LFI vote of no confidence

The La France insoumise (LFI) group immediately announced a motion of no confidence, which, like the others, would not need a majority of MPs to allow the government to see this part of the text adopted. , ahead of a very likely new 49.3 in terms of “expenses”.

“Social Security is the largest government spending budget in the country. We could wait until the right of parliamentarians to make decisions regarding their resources is respected: this will not happen,” Insoumis lament in the text of their proposal.

The Social Security Financing Bill (PLFSS) envisages an increase in spending in 2024 by 3.2% compared to 2023, to €254.9 billion. The Sekou deficit, set at 8.8 billion euros in 2023 and 10.7 billion in 2024, could reach 17.5 billion by 2027, according to the latest government forecasts.

The bill was passed by senators on Tuesday in a substantially revised version.

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