“At the RN we are not afraid of threats of dissolution”, added the leader of the RN deputies to the address of the executive.
After the Prime Minister, Élisabeth Borne, engaged her government’s responsibility by triggering article 49.3 of the Constitution to have the finance bill (PLF) adopted without a vote, the deputies began the debates around the motions of censure tabled by the opposition groups Nupes and the National Rally (RN). First to be debated, the motion of censure of the left alliance. And against all odds, Marine Le Pen announced that the deputies of the RN would vote for it because it had been presented “in acceptable terms“.
“A motion of censure is the solemn expression of a republican and democratic defiance in the face of a failing power and because only the national interest guides its words and actions, the group that I have the honor to chair will also vote for the motion of censure presented in terms acceptable to the other side of the hemicycle“, she declared at the podium facing the government, invoking the”responsible attitudefrom the RN group.
“A political crisis and a crisis of the regime”
For Marine Le Pen, “propose government censorship“does not happen”for pleasure“, neither “in a spirit of opposition“. “We are sorry not to be able to continue the parliamentary discussion and to see ourselves deprived of the right to amend texts that we were keen to improve.“, lamented the president of the group in front of the deputies, castigating the use of 49.3 by the Prime Minister who signs, according to her, the “power weakness“. “the President of the Republic takes the risk of leading the country to a standstill. When he has exhausted his drawing rights of 49.3, he will expose the country to a political crisis and even, let’s say it, to a crisis of the regime.» “So that no one misunderstands, continued Marine Le Pen, at the RN we are not afraid of the threats of dissolution (…). Our places do not matter to us when the fate of the country is at stake.
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The former presidential candidate also felt that “more broadly, this government has lost all control of the situation“. Citing the shortage of fuel, inflation but also, a “escalating social crisis“, powered by the “migratory flood“, a “educational system abused under the battering of the Islamists» and leaves the «reality of savagery.»
“Our responsibility is not to add political instability that would paralyze the country»
However, this support from the RN for the Nupes text will not change the vote. To bring about the overthrow of the government, it is necessary to obtain an absolute majority of the deputies – that is to say 289 votes. Mission almost impossible, therefore, mathematically without the voices of LR. “Now the fate of the government is in the hands of the Republicans!“, reacted a few moments after the deputy of the RN Sébastien Chenu. “Lifeline or real opposition? The time for the end of ambiguity has come.The suspense never really existed. Very quickly, the LR deputies had announced that they would vote neither for the motion of censure of the Nupes nor that of the RN. “Will it then be necessary to dissolve this Assembly to elect another? Maybe. But four months after the elections, and after only eight weeks of effective work by this House, I think it is a bit early to ask the question“, confirmed Olivier Marleix at the podium.
“To give our country even more the image of a drifting boat is not the intention of the group the Republicans. Speculating on the collapse of the country is the calculation of those who prefer disorder, we have seen it even in this hemicycle, it is not ours“, Developed the president of the LR group. “Our responsibility is not to add political instability that would paralyze the country to the inflation and recession that the French have to face.“, he further explained. “These motions of censure, Madam Prime Minister, today, no one really believes in them, starting with those who tabled them. But let’s be clear, we will not hesitate to file one ourselves if the circumstances require it.“, warned the deputy of Eure-et-Loir.
“These alliances are against nature”
After the muscular interventions of the oppositions, Aurore Bergé defended at the podium “clear institutional balance” of the government. “There is no denial of democracy, no passage in force“, hammered the president of the Renaissance group. Reacting to the two motions of censure tabled, the elected spoke directly to her opponents: “What response have the oppositions given? Alliances of convenience whose sole purpose is to bring down the government and the only existing majority in this hemicycle, the presidential majority.Under the applause of the deputies of the presidential coalition, and the boos of their opponents, Aurore Bergé demanded from the deputies RN and Nupes to clarify their intentions: “Either you are a majority and then tell the French that you have the same project, that you would form a grand coalition from the extreme right to the extreme left.Or, she continued, “admit the obvious: these alliances are against nature and there is no alternative majority to the only coherent majority, the presidential majority.»
Elisabeth Borne, whom the opposition fiercely pointed the finger at this afternoon, finally spoke. The Prime Minister first mentioned the motion of censure of the Nupes which “chain excesses and untruths“. Then, that of the RN group, which, according to her, “hides badly behind the appearance of seriousness, ideological fundamentals which have not changed for 50 years“. “So your lessons in democracy, Madame Le Pen, I find them quite simply indecent“, chided Élisabeth Borne, believing that by proposing a “unnatural alliance“With the Nupes, the elected RNs aim for the”disorder“. “I don’t imagine for a moment that you could rule together“, continued Elisabeth Borne. Before adding, more firmly this time:But despite the major differences that I know you have, I point out some sadly common arguments. And an obvious point of agreement:government failure“.
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