While deputies took a two-day break this weekend in their budget marathon in the Assembly, Amélie de Montchalin remained optimistic. Despite the slow pace of debate regarding the hemicycle, the Minister of Public Accounts, in an interview this Saturday, November 15 at Paris/Today in Francestill want to believe that the Finance Bill (PLF) will be passed on time, namely before December 31st. And to emphasize that – in line with Sébastien Lecornu’s commitment – there will be no recourse to 49.3, or legislation to pass this text. “There are no recipes written in Bercy”he said. It also excludes at this stage the hypothesis regarding a special law to update the budget in the absence of approval in Parliament: “I don’t put myself in that perspective”assured the minister.
Optimistic about the results of the debate and the content of the text prepared at the MPR – according to him “moving in the right direction in some ways, but we still have to balance it” – but this does not have much impact on the state of the country’s public finances. As the debate progresses, deficits will occur “around 5% in 2026 when we should be below 5%”he believes, given the limits set by the Prime Minister during his general policy declaration on 14 October. Amélie de Montchalin also confirmed that “Our target still remains 4.7%”.
The Minister also took the step of overriding Sébastien Lecornu’s commitment to the Assembly. Two weeks ago, Matignon’s tenants announced that his reign was over “Ready” to see the amendments “which will melt” pensions and the social minimum, thus abandoning one of the most criticized measures by executives who plan to no longer index them to inflation. An action taken this week in the assembly. This Saturday in the column ParisAmélie de Montchalin for whom “it is impossible to imagine a Social Security deficit above 20 billion euros”confirm “It seems difficult to disburse all pension funds and all social benefits. We can say that for a given pension level, there may be a greater contribution to the national effort required in 2026..
Hours earlier, the Senate – which is examining the Social Security financing bill (PLFSS) in committee – proposed re-imposing a pension freeze, but at this stage kept the pension amount below 1,400 euros per month, according to several participants. The senators also changed the direction of disbursement of social benefits. Regarding the suspension of the pension reform, which was also rejected by the upper house committee this Saturday, Amélie de Montchalin guaranteed that it would be effective. “if budget is selected”.
The Minister also said how bad he thought of the tax on multinational companies passed two weeks ago by the Assembly, believing that the LFI deputies, who were the originator of the amendment, “want to revive the Soviet Union”.
