Elisabeth Borne again triggered a 49.3 on Wednesday evening on the entire 2023 Social Security draft budget, concluding a choppy and stormy session in the Assembly, in the voluntary absence of deputies Nupes and RN.
The final text “takes into account your exchanges in commission”assured Elisabeth Borne to the remaining deputies in the hemicycle shortly after 11:30 p.m., affirming that “more than 150 amendments were accepted, from the majority as well as from the opposition”.
“The government authorized us to examine 9 articles out of 53, it sorted through the amendments at its convenience”criticized the communist Pierre Dharréville. “To this authoritarian path, the government will have added cynicism and disorder”to Eric Coquerel (LFI).
The head of government notably cited measures for the “better financing of home services”, “the increase in controls of nursing homes”, “strengthening the continuity of care”, “better care for children with multiple disabilities”or “100% coverage of hair prostheses for women with cancer”.
Invoking the “1,160 amendments remaining”, et “the deadlines set by the Constitution”she invoked Article 49 paragraph 3 of the Constitution on the entire text, which will allow its adoption without a vote at first reading at 11:41 p.m. Thursday evening, according to the President of the Assembly, unless a motion of censure was filed by then.
The left is divided on the issue. The environmental deputies will not file any, confirmed Wednesday the leader Cyrielle Chatelain, the other groups of the Nupes having not yet officially made known their decision, just like the RN.
This is the third commitment of responsibility of the government on the budgetary texts, after those on the revenue parts of the state budget and that of the Social Security last week, adopted at first reading.
Mode of care and rehabilitation course
Before the interruption, an amendment resulting from cross-partisan work was adopted to increase by decree each year the “floor rate” national per hour of intervention by home help services (at 23 euros in 2023).
The deputies also approved a reform of the supplement of free choice of the mode of care, aiming to harmonize the rest to be borne between care in a crèche and with a childminder, despite the alerts of the opposition on the number of losers with the reform. It also provides for its extension to children aged 6 to 12 for single-parent families.
Against the advice of the government, a Renaissance amendment was adopted to experiment with a donation of inter-company leave days for employees helping a loved one with a disability or loss of autonomy – and no longer only within a same company.
The government voted for the creation of a rehabilitation and re-education course for children with multiple disabilities or with cerebral palsy.
After a heated debate on the Ségur de la Santé, the opposition voted to submit a report on caregivers “forgotten” of the device.
Article 49.3 will allow the government to choose the version of the text on which it engages its responsibility, in addition to meeting deadlines. The bill must indeed go to committee in the Senate next Wednesday.
The Secu budget project anticipates a sharp drop in the deficit to 7.2 billion in 2023 (17.8 billion this year), based on a spectacular drop in the Covid bill.
It plans to improve prevention, with appointments at the key ages of life, and to reform the training of general practitioners by adding a fourth year with “priority” internships in medical deserts.
It also intends to increase the fight against the “abuse” of work stoppages prescribed during teleconsultations.