LFI MP Éric Coquerel, who intends to transform the finance commission he chairs into a commission of inquiry into the budget gap, expressed on Sunday “hope” of receiving the support of the president of the Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, which is indispensable to achieve this goal. rare operation.
“I hope so,” Éric Coquerel replied to France 3 when asked about possible future support. “I don’t see why she shouldn’t follow it, because she also wants to ensure that the Assembly can play its role and in the role of the Assembly, especially regarding the budget, there is a supervisory role,” he argued.
“The best way to check is to understand why we have numbers that vary this much over a year,” he added. Finance commissioners will be invited to vote on Wednesday at 5pm, shortly before the start of the examination of the 2025 draft budget.
Such a situation is rare but not unprecedented. In 2018, the Law Commission, then chaired by Yaël Braun-Pivet, requested investigative powers (summons with obligation to honor the person, investigative power, risk of prosecution in case of false testimony, etc.), to examine the Benalla case.
“Also useful for the credibility of the country”
However, obtaining these powers is not automatic. The request is forwarded to the President of the National Assembly, then posted and notified. But before the second subsequent session, the government, the president of a political group or the president of a commission can oppose the request, according to the rules of the National Assembly.
Understanding how the previous government could have predicted the slippage of the French public deficit to 5.1% when this year it should reach 6.1% of GDP, “is useful for the future, but” it is also useful for the credibility of the country ”. the country,” insisted Éric Coquerel. “I think this issue plays more than our deficits on a possible increase in interest rates,” he said.
According to France 2, internal notes from Bercy had alerted the old government of this slide in public finances starting from autumn 2023. When questioned by the editorial team, Bruno Le Maire responded in an enigmatic SMS: “The truth will emerge later. » The president of the Court of Auditors Pierre Moscovici also assured on Friday that he wants “to know why and how it happened”.
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