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LFI and the RN announced a motion of censure. Oppositions denounce this draft budget, fearing underfunding of health and the specter of an increase in medical deductibles.
Elisabeth Borne on Wednesday October 25 took responsibility for her government on the revenue part of the draft Social Security budget for 2024, her third 49.3 since the resumption of parliamentary work in September and her 14th since her arrival at Matignon.
“Despite our overtures, once again, the practice according to which opposition groups refuse to vote on a budget, whatever it may be, has prevailed.», declared Elisabeth Borne during a short statement from the podium of the National Assembly. Article 49.3 of the Constitution allows the adoption of a text without a vote, unless a motion of censure is adopted against the government.
The La France insoumise group has already announced its intention to table a motion of censure, with the signatures of communist and environmentalist deputies. The National Rally group will also table its own motion.
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Savings of 3.5 billion euros
This budgetis fully in line with our trajectory of controlling public spending“, but he “is not synonymous with austerity, far from it», argued the Minister of Public Accounts Thomas Cazenave at the launch of the debates. He notably cited “historically high means» for health establishments in this budget, which revises the Social Security deficit upwards to 8.8 billion euros for 2023, before 11.2 billion in 2024.
The executive is notably targeting a saving of 3.5 billion euros on expenditure in the health sector in 2024, via reductions in expenditure for medicines, analysis laboratories and even sick leave.