2023-12-01 15:11:12
The Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, once once more triggered article 49.3 of the Constitution in the National Assembly, this time to obtain the final adoption without a vote of the draft Social Security budget. This twentieth appeal to this article of the Constitution prompted the announcement of a new motion of censure by the La France insoumise group, which should, like the previous ones, be rejected. This will constitute definitive adoption of the Social Security financing bill (PLFSS) for 2024.
In the morning, the Senate, with a right-wing opposition majority, rejected the draft Social Security budget on re-reading through a prior rejection motion adopted by 286 votes to 38. “Twice Repeated”lamented the general rapporteur, Elisabeth Doineau, who sits in the centrist group: the parliamentary path was identical to that of 2022 on this budgetary text since the government had to take responsibility in the Assembly to avoid the risk of an unfavorable vote.
The final text retains some measures from the senators
The Social Security deficit, now estimated at 8.7 billion in 2023, would reach 10.5 billion for all branches in 2024, compared to 11.2 billion planned in the initial text. The government plans to contain Health Insurance spending to +3.2%, thanks to savings on spending on medicines, analysis laboratories and even sick leave. The senators had removed this spending objective, judged “insincere”.
The Senate will still find some of its measures in the final text, such as the control of the contribution of the Agirc-Arrco supplementary pension plan and the possible increase in medical deductibles, which corresponds to the remainder payable by the insured for the medications and consultations.
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