Le Premier ministre français peut-il organiser un référendum sur le budget ?

Name: Le Premier ministre français peut-il organiser un référendum sur le budget ?
Uploaded: 2025-05-27T12:08:12+00:00
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27/05/2025

Le Premier ministre français peut-il organiser un référendum sur le budget ?

Cette décision potentielle fait suite à l'adoption, en février, du tumultueux budget 2025 de la France, qui vise à réduire le déficit public à 5,4 % du PIB cette année.

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00:00Can France's prime minister call a referendum on the budget?

00:07French prime minister François Bayrou has floated the idea of holding a referendum on France's 2026 budget

00:14to slash the country's troubling public deficit.

00:17Bayrou said in an interview with the Journal de Dimanche that the seriousness of the situation

00:21meant that it needed the express approval of the French people.

00:24The French government is hoping to reduce its 2026 budget by €40 billion,

00:30mostly by curbing public spending rather than bringing in new taxes.

00:34It also hopes to bring France's public deficit to under 3% of its GDP,

00:38in accordance with European fiscal rules.

00:41But how feasible is it for Bayrou to hold a referendum on France's finances?

00:45Well, technically he can't, because Article 11 of France's constitution states

00:49that only the president can call a referendum on laws related to the economy,

00:53social policy and public services if it's suggested by the government or both houses of parliament.

00:59Bayrou is aware of this, as he told the Journal de Dimanche,

01:03the government proposes, the president decides.

01:05But the key issue is whether the French support the reforms, he added.

01:09A source close to President Emmanuel Macron reportedly told AFP

01:13that he can't make a decision on whether to call a referendum until a full plan is on the table.

01:18Nevertheless, Macron is scheduled to appear on TF1 on 13th May,

01:22with French media speculating that he might announce a referendum of some kind.

01:27However, Article 47 of the constitution also explicitly lays out the process for adopting France's budget.

01:33Specifically, it says that both the National Assembly and the Senate need to examine

01:37and vote on the finance bill within a strict timeline, usually of 70 days.

01:42If this deadline isn't met, the government can force through the budget

01:45using its controversial Article 49.3 powers.

01:48As the budget procedure is enshrined by the constitution,

01:52any attempts to hold a referendum on it would likely be met with legal challenges.

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