2023-11-04 18:49:26
Like a sort of catchphrase. As with every 49.3 invoked by Élisabeth Borne in recent months, the opposition has once again brandished yet another motion of censure which, unsurprisingly, was rejected by the National Assembly this Saturday afternoon. She only obtained 89 votes out of the 289 required to bring down the government.
This time, it was 49.3 triggered to have the draft Social Security budget adopted. This 23rd motion against Élisabeth Borne since her arrival at Matignon was tabled, Monday, by the Insoumis and a handful of elected officials from the communist group in reaction to the Prime Minister’s 49.3 to pass the Social Security budget at first reading without a vote .
This week, the motions of censure from the left and the RN were rejected, and the “revenue” section of the Social Security budget was rejected. According to the LFI group, this Social Security budget is a budget of “renunciation and austerity, supported by a minority government”.
In fact, the rejection of the motion therefore results in the adoption at first reading of this social security financing bill (PLFSS). This text will then be examined in the Senate. It notably foresees a Social Security deficit larger than in the last financing law in April, estimated at 8.8 billion euros in 2023, then 11.2 billion in 2024. The accounts are weighed down in particular by the increase in Health Insurance expenses.
Some tense measures for the opposition
If it contains consensual measures for the deployment of the papillomavirus vaccination campaign at schools, free condoms for those under 26, or even the reimbursement of reusable periodic protection for women under 26 , certain measures of the PLFSS tense the oppositions. It notably includes the possibility of suspending an insured’s daily allowances when a doctor mandated by his employer judges his work stoppage to be unjustified, or the reduction of reimbursement in the event of refusal of shared medical transport.
Another measure has crystallized the criticisms of the opposition even if it does not appear in the text: the possible doubling of the remainder payable by policyholders for medicines (currently 50 cents per box) and consultations (1 euro).
Uncertainty also remains in place for another explosive measure: the contribution of Agirc-Arrco, a private supplementary pension fund. If the government has given up “at this stage” on tapping it, it does not completely rule out the idea. “I prefer to let the social partners find solutions, rather than constrain the resources of Agirc-Arrco,” Élisabeth Borne assured Monday.
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