From Riyadh where he is on a state visit until Wednesday December 4, French President Emmanuel Macron spoke on French politics. He affirmed on Tuesday December 3 that he could not “ not believe » to the vote of censure of Michel Barnier’s government.
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With our special correspondent in Riyadh, Justine Fontaine
On the sidelines of a visit where the press was kept at a distance, the president finally spoke to journalists in Riyadh. “ I can’t believe the censorship vote “, said Emmanuel Macronless than three months after the appointment of the Prime Minister Michel Barnier.
Increasingly isolated politically since the dissolution of the National Assembly in June, the president took advantage of this exchange with the press to criticize both the National Rally and the Socialist Party. According to him, the far-right party could not vote on a motion of censure which insults the voters of the RN, he says, the one tabled by Francerebellious.
As for the socialists, in his eyes they would lose their bearings if they voted for censorship with what he calls the two extremes, that is to say the RN and France Insoumise.
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