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7:17 p.m., June 12, 2023
Unsurprisingly, the National Assembly on Monday rejected a 17th motion of censure on the pension reform, Élisabeth Borne arguing the government’s “courage” in the face of the “decibels” of the opposition and defending its record as reshuffle rumors spread. are accelerating. The Prime Minister has largely saved her government: the motion of the left alliance Nupes was only supported by 239 deputies, far from the absolute majority of 289 votes, for lack of support from the LRs.
Borne castigates “the inconsistencies” of the oppositions
“The real political courage is to get out of the comfort of the posture” and “to build majorities, even with those who do not think exactly like us”, she pleaded, on this anniversary day of the first round. legislative elections a year ago. And to launch, taking up the words of former head of government Bernard Cazeneuve on Saturday about Nupes: “Me, I do not confuse courage and decibels”. Elisabeth Borne also castigated the “inconsistencies”, “contradictions” and the “demagogy” of the oppositions.
With this motion of censure, tabled in the extension of the battle for pensions, “we will see if there is an alternative majority in Parliament”, underlined Sunday the tenant of Matignon, by evacuating the hypothesis in advance.
“Put an end to the discredit that the government casts on the Assembly”
At the podium, the socialist Valérie Rabault carried the motion on Monday by placing herself on another ground. “What is at stake today (…) is the possibility of putting an end to the discredit that the government is throwing on the National Assembly”, she judged, criticizing in a stormy atmosphere a ” duplicity” and “pressure” from the government of Elisabeth Borne during the pension crisis. “Are we still in democracy in macronie?” Added the patron saint of rebellious deputies Mathilde Panot.
“Your responsibility now would be to resign”, launched Elisabeth Borne the president of the independent group Liot Bertrand Pancher In the presidential camp, Jean-Louis Bourlanges (MoDem) has, him, pinned “yet another remake of the condemnation of the government”. The head of government, on the other hand, hopes to have consolidated her position at Matignon since her recourse to the constitutional weapon of 49.3 in March to have the reform adopted and after having narrowly avoided, with 9 votes, a motion of censure tabled in the stride. “We are moving forward with transparency, consistency,” she said, surrounded by many ministers who came to the Palais Bourbon.
An upcoming redesign?
Elisabeth Borne, however, did not deny on Sunday that there could be a change of government team. “These questions are discussed with the President of the Republic,” she said. A member of the Renaissance presidential party mentioned Monday the possibility of a reshuffle within 15 days, fueling the rumor machine. “It’s getting there,” he told AFP. Either before the deadline of July 14 posed to Elisabeth Borne by Emmanuel Macron to roll out a roadmap intended to relaunch the action of the executive.
The president of Renaissance Stéphane Séjourné also invited parliamentarians from the majority on June 21 to discuss the “political context”, according to two sources within the party. The presidential camp hopes to turn the page on pensions, after the failure on Thursday of an attempt to repeal the 64-year-old and this motion of censure filed in response. The Liot group’s bill could not be voted on in the National Assembly, an “undemocratic coup”, according to the left.
Louis Boyard sanctioned by Yaël Braun-Pivet
In the hemicycle on Monday, the Insoumis Louis Boyard attacked once again, off the microphone, the President of the Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet, the maneuver on the inadmissibility of the repeal proposal, the accusing him of “agent of the Elysée”. He was sanctioned by the person concerned. The deputies of the National Rally, led by Marine Le Pen, voted for censorship: “Why are you afraid of Parliament”, “afraid of the people”, asked Julie Lechanteux.
On the other hand, none of the LR deputies, part of whom had voted for the last motion in March, joined their voices this time. “You have to know how to end a dispute”, justified Jean-Louis Thiériot, who called, like the RN, to now move on to the question of immigration.