2024-08-20 18:01:33
Stranger than the “dog letters” sent, Thursday August 20, by Gabriel Attal, the Prime Minister who resigned, to all his ministers. He announced to them a general freeze on state spending in 2025, at 492 euros, and explained how each ministry would be affected. The budgets for security, culture and sports will be in favor, to the detriment, in particular, of work and work, according to Matignon. Budget draft? Major technical degree? Political signal? Is the draft decided for the trash? A bit of all that, no doubt.
Under the Fifth Republic, this is the first time that the Prime Minister resigns and thus sets the budget process for the ministers who have also resigned, indicating from the beginning that this process is intended to be fixed, or even that question, from the beginning. next week. This is a “Revolving Budget”, according to the wonderful formula developed in Matignon: “It can be amended by the next government and Parliament. » Another unprecedented situation brought by Emmanuel Macron’s decision to dissolve the National Assembly on June 9, then by not electing the Prime Minister immediately after the second round of the initial legislative elections on July 7 .
Sending dog letters, words without legal value, traditionally marks a key stage in the preparation of the State budget. They are basically signed by the President between mid-July and early August, following negotiations between Bercy and other government agencies. This year, the Minister of Public Information, Thomas Cazenave, has promised to speed up the schedule, and began to discuss line by line with his colleagues who are responsible for civil service and sports, when the release stop everything.
“of course”
Thomas Cazenave and his minister in charge, Bruno Le Maire, then considered handing over control to the future president, mainly because the outgoing government should limit itself to handling current affairs. But, with Emmanuel Macron delaying the appointment of a Prime Minister, Bercy officials consider it important to continue to prepare a financial bill, and therefore dog letters, so as not to neglect the financial machinery. After hesitation, Gabriel Attal himself chose to send these letters, not without reviewing and correcting them, and about a month after the formal arrangement.
“He wants to ensure the progress of the State”we explained to Matignon. Sending letters, which set for each ministry the future payment approaches for a mission and a program, as well as its service ceiling, are “important step”appeals to the President’s Association. Without this work base, how can the future government complete the budget on time? The bill must be sent in mid-September to the High Council of Public Finances, so that the latter has time to give its opinion, then be approved by the Council of Ministers at the end of September, and presented to Parliament on October 1 Therefore, the matter became urgent. “The Prime Minister is doing his duty by avoiding the budget wall”praised Matignon.
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