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In an interview with “Figaro” this Thursday, Bruno Retailleau addresses an ultimatum to the government on the issue of the country’s budgetary slippage. The president of the Les Républicains group in the Senate does not hesitate to threaten a motion of censure if the executive does not act.
Three days after the announcement of France’s budgetary slippage, Bruno Retailleau is putting pressure on the executive. In the columns of Figaro this Thursday, the president of the Les Républicains group in the Senate even went so far as to threaten a motion of censure if the government is not able to improve the situation of public finances.
“Either you get things back on track or you jump ship,” the senator declares as an ultimatum. The Republicans are therefore clearly threatening to provoke the resignation of the government by filing their own motion of censure. The votes of the 61 LR deputies, added to those of the oppositions, would have a strong chance of bringing down Gabriel Attal’s team.
“We are moving forward in a minefield”
The possible use of this weapon also makes the majority tremble, even if Bruno Retailleau leaves a small way out for the government by calling on it to submit an amending budget by the summer to balance finances as quickly as possible. public.
A scenario that the executive is currently seeking to avoid because it would also expose it to the risk of voting for a motion of censure, in the event of use of 49.3 to have the text adopted. “In all cases, faced with the budgetary equation, we are moving forward in a minefield,” summarizes a heavyweight of the majority.