Owning a vehicle in France, buying and keeping, Insuring, Driving licence issues, etc.
Budget: l'Assemblée rejette l'alourdissement du malus pour les voitures essence et diesel.
' The government wanted to increase the ecological penalty on almost all petrol and diesel vehicles from 1 January 2025. This measure was rejected by 128 votes, mainly from the RN, Ciottists, LR, Socialists and Communists.
It was one of the most controversial measures in the budget presented by the government. On Saturday October 26th the Assemblée nationale rejected the government's plan to increase the ecological penalty on almost all petrol and diesel vehicles from 1 January 2025.'
Who's next? The Sénat. In December 2020 the senators already held strong opinions:
Budget: le Sénat supprime le «malus au poids» des voitures de plus de 1,8 tonne.
A strong opinion is one thing, what the government is going to decide another thing.
If the situation gets bogged down, the Government could very well resort to the notorious Article 49-3 to force the issue. But it would then be exposed to a motion of censure, the outcome of which would be highly uncertain in the absence of a clear majority.
A very dark cloud, already for many years above France even on bright, sunny days.
Back in time:
Lorsque le général de Gaulle arrive au pouvoir au début de l'année 1959, la France est en train de solliciter un prêt auprès du Fonds monétaire international. Lorsque le général de Gaulle quitte le pouvoir en 1969, la France est endettée à hauteur de 13,5 % de son PIB environ.
And today:
À la fin du deuxième trimestre 2024, la dette publique s’établit à 3 228,4 milliards d’euros d’après la dernière publication de l’INSEE en date du 27 septembre 2024, soit 112 % du PIB.
Nomen est omen, colour as an indication of future developments, an OECD study (in French) of the mid 80s hiding somewhere in the drawers of Bercy, the taxman in a green outfit.
