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The suspense is coming to an end at the Assembly. The government should use this Wednesday the 49.3 to shorten the eight days of bitter debates on the first part of the budget for 2023, which tested the presidential camp and frustrated the oppositions. This triggering on Wednesday is “probable”, government spokesman Olivier Véran said on Tuesday. After accusing the opposition of “blocking”, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne should therefore resort to this article of the Constitution by going in the afternoon to the Palais-Bourbon, the scene of series defeats for the macronists on votes of budget amendments.
The continuation of the showdown initiated by the CGT will be played out during the day. Representatives of the union on the oil sites of TotalEnergies on strike for three weeks to obtain wage increases, proposed “the renewal of the movement” until Wednesday at midday, said Tuesday evening Eric Sellini, CGT coordinator for the plan. national. And then ? “We will see what will happen during the general meetings” of employees this Wednesday. Tuesday, before the National Assembly, the Prime Minister estimated at “less than 25% the number of stations out of order [de carburant] at noon compared to 30% last weekend”.
Liz Truss is in the hot seat. But this Wednesday, the British Prime Minister will have the opportunity to prove to her camp that she must remain in her post at Downing Street. Deeply weakened, it will indeed face the deputies for the first time since the abandonment in open country of its economic program. This is only her third session of the weekly question meeting in Parliament and it is already a question of political survival for the leader. After six weeks in power, 55% of her party members believe that the Prime Minister should resign.