French PM to force budget bill through parliament

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00:00Prime Minister Sébastien Legrandu has said he will use the Article 49.3 as opposed to the legally untested

00:06ordonnance measure which was previously on the table. So first of all, what is this Article 49.3?

00:12Well, we've seen it before. Essentially, it's a measure that enables the government to push through the

00:182026 budget without an approval from Parliament. But there is a catch and that's that it could trigger

00:26a vote of no confidence. So the process will begin tonight on Tuesday when the Prime Minister

00:30will put forward the motion to the National Assembly and the opposition will then have 24 hours to file

00:37a vote of no confidence. This whole process will happen three times throughout the three stages of

00:44the budget. The first stage is the tax part of the budget. The second part is the spending and the

00:49third part is a vote on the adoption of the budget as a whole. So essentially,

00:55Sébastien Legrandu will face three separate votes of no confidence and each time he could be kicked

01:01out of office. So why is he taking this risk? Well, he's made a deal with the Socialists. He's made

01:06major concessions with the party last week to ensure that they don't vote against him in a vote

01:13of no confidence. This is absolutely critical for French politics. We're at a critical moment

01:20because France is currently running on an emergency finance law, which is essentially an emergency kit

01:25which enables it to pay for essentials like the police and hospitals, but it can't make any major

01:31investment. So the government is hoping that it will survive these three firing squad votes in

01:37Parliament so that it can finally put through a budget by mid-February and get itself out of this

01:43emergency situation.

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