Budget and Investment Plan France 2030: MPs in blur

At the end of the end of the quinquennate, the elected representatives deplore a floating in the preparation of the two texts.

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It’s a gradual but more pregnant phenomenon. In recent weeks, he reigns in macrony as an air of confusion. Presidential announcements set and offset, texts retained until the last minute by the firms, blurred communication with parliamentarians or press … a floating striking in the preparation of the two main economic texts of autumn: the investment plan France 2030 and the bill of finance 2022.

The first, a time scheduled for early September, retoted by Emmanuel Macron because not innovative enough, was finally presented with great pomp on October 12th. But without the slightest written medium. The press kit was sent by Matignon only on November 2nd, after the deposit of the Government amendment specifying the amount and the modalities of the first “tranche” of the plan. As for the governance of a device at 34 billion euros (which will pilot it? Under what conditions?), It remains unknown.

The same uncertainties on engagement income, become a young engagement contract (CEJ). In the spring, it must have been an extension of the young guarantee to make it universal. The objective was then reviewed to concern 1 million of the age of 18-25, then 500,000 … before the figure of 400,000 beneficiaries is finally announced on November 2nd.

“Hole” to more 4 billion euros

The 2022 budget itself is in perpetual movement. Presented as every year at the end of September, he lacked two big files – the investment plan and the CEJ. A “hole” to more than 4 billion euros, which earned him the nickname “Golf Course Budget” from the opposition members.

Added the measures related to the rise in energy prices and fuels, grown since mid-September to protect the purchasing power of the French. They too have, until the last minute, struggled to find their shape, their encryption and their place, even once officially announced. Thus the inflation allowance of 100 euros for persons earning less than 2,000 euros net, which will ultimately weigh largely on 2021 (3.6 billion over 3.8 billion). This distribution contradicts what had been transmitted ten days earlier to the High Public Finance Council (HCFP), the body responsible for giving an opinion on the budget trajectory (1.5 billion in 2021 and 2.3 billion in 2022).

“This does not shock me that a government uses all means at its disposal so that its text is as contemporary as possible,” defends Eric Woerth, the President (Republicans, LR) of the Finance Committee of the Finance Committee. ‘Assembly. He concedes still retaining “five or six government amendments to the budget this year, inadmissible because not written. “The administrations themselves are in emergency mode,” notes the member for the Oise.

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