Marc Fesneau should not have advised Mathilde Hignet to “go into the field”

BERTRAND GUAY / AFP Marc Fesneau photographed during Questions to the Government this Tuesday January 23. BERTRAND GUAY / AFP Marc Fesneau photographed during Questions to the Government this Tuesday, January 23. POLITICS – The usefulness of finding out before attacking. During questions to the government on Tuesday, January 23, the Minister of Agriculture Marc … Read more

Parliament confirms extension to all food products until the end of 2024

2023-12-19 01:44:51 Dish of the day, sandwiches, salads, but also flour, meat, dough or bread… Meal vouchers will remain valid until the end of 2024 for any type of food purchase. Parliament urgently adopted on Monday December 18, by a final vote in the Senate, the extension of the exemption put in place in 2022. … Read more

The Social Security budget definitively adopted by Parliament after the rejection of a motion of censure

2023-12-04 12:43:41 At the National Assembly, in Paris, December 4, 2023. LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP The Social Security budget for 2024 was definitively adopted on Monday December 4 by Parliament, after the rejection in the National Assembly of a final motion of censure against the government tabled by left-wing deputies. A response to Elisabeth Borne’s … Read more

behind the sixteenth 49.3, a compromise to facilitate the adoption of the end-of-management finance bill

2023-11-08 09:00:56 Elisabeth Borne, Prime Minister, during questions to the government, at the National Assembly, November 7, 2023. THOMAS SAMSON / AFP Sometimes a 49.3 can hide a vote in session. Tuesday, November 7 at the very end of the evening, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne once again had recourse to this article of the Constitution … Read more

The National Assembly adopts the Social Security budget at first reading after the rejection of the LFI motion of censure

2023-11-04 16:27:30 The National Assembly rejected on Saturday November 4, in an almost deserted hemicycle, the motion of censure of La France insoumise, which had been tabled after Elisabeth Borne’s appeal to 49.3 on the part ” expenses “ and on the entire Social Security budget. This 23e motion of censure faced by the Prime … Read more

the executive and the majority on the verge of agreeing on reductions in employer contributions

2023-10-23 08:23:35 The government and the elected representatives of the majority are on the verge of finding common ground on an issue that divided them: reductions in employer contributions. As part of the examination of the Social Security financing bill (PLFSS) for 2024, which is due to begin on Tuesday October 24, in session at … Read more

executive power between retreat and trial and error

2023-10-26 08:30:09 The ritual is now well established. For the fourteenth time under this legislature – the third since the parliamentary re-entry in September – Elisabeth Borne used, Wednesday October 25, article 49.3 of the Constitution, which allows the adoption of a text without a vote. Unsurprisingly, the Prime Minister relied on this provision to … Read more

first passes of arms at the National Assembly

2023-10-25 08:00:04 Un budget ” disappointing “, “insincere”, “austerity”, castigated the oppositions; a budget ” ambitious “, « transparent », “controlled”, insisted the government. Two antagonistic readings of the Social Security financing bill (PLFSS) followed one another at the National Assembly, at the opening of discussions in public session, Tuesday October 24. Hard baptism of fire for … Read more