the government survives its first motion of censure in the Assembly

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With our special correspondent to the National Assembly, Raphaël Delvolvé

The New Popular Front has failed. Quite far from the 289 votes of the absolute majority necessary, he received only 197 votes. This means that the NFP has only convinced four or five deputies outside its ranks and therefore does not even manage to gather more votes than the Macronist coalition – The Republicans, in power, of 213 deputies.

No one is surprised at the Palais Bourbon, the National Rally had warned before: it was not going to vote for this censorship in principle, this censorship “ a priori “, as described Michel Barnier This evening. A censorship justified by Olivier Faure, the socialist, because “ this government is illegitimate », the left still claims victory in the last legislative elections. We heard a little bit again what we had already heard all summer. The NFP claims and the other groups retort that it could not have governed anyway.

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Saved by the RN

The Prime Minister, to defend himself, prides himself in particular on having the least relative majority in the chamber. Michel Barnier is saved this evening by the RN which warns, however, that it could censor tomorrow, particularly if there are too many taxes for the middle classes in the future finance bill. Perhaps in the next motion there will be a government overthrow, the left is already considering tabling one if the next budget is adopted by 49.3.

The Assembly which also buried the proposal for the dismissal of Macron initiated by LFI, France Insoumise. The conference of presidents of the Assembly (which includes the leaders of the ex-majority, the LR right and the Ciottiste right) opposed its examination in the hemicycle, which put an end to done to the procedure. Marine Le Pen, the boss of the RN, would have abstained.