It is this Monday, March 20 that the two motions of censure arrive in the hemicycle which could bring down the government of Elisabeth Borne, and which would lead to the withdrawal of the pension reform. The vote will take place in the hemicycle at 4 p.m. In the meantime, the French mobilized against the text hold their breath. They were thousands, again this weekend, to take to the streets to make their anger heard. But will this noise be enough to make some deputies lean towards the opposition?
In the political game that began with the use of Article 49.3 – the demonstrators have until this afternoon to play their card. Mathieu, a protester in his thirties, took advantage of the rally on Saturday March 18 at Place d’Italie in Paris to play his own, joining the procession.
The motion of censure may have its chances, but it will not be without consequences. ” I don’t really believe in this game thinks Mathieu. “ In my opinion, it’s just spectacle in fact because in the end it will just result in bringing down the government, Emmanuel Macron will ask LRs to come into his government and suddenly he will be able to do what he wants with this alliance. For me, the motion of censure will just push to make an alliance because there are LRs who have been scratching at the door for a very long time and who are only waiting for one thing, which is to return to government. »
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“We will not let go until the law is withdrawn”
It is paradoxically in the ranks of the LR party (Les Républicains) that the opposition hopes to recover the votes needed to dismiss the government. Yves, who came under the colors of the SUD-Education union, prefers to remain cautious: “ We’ll see. It is played, all the same, with some twenty voices. But we will not let go in any case until the withdrawal of the law. »
Does this motion have a chance of succeeding? Jean, a resident of the neighborhood, a young retiree and in solidarity with the movement, brushes aside the question out of hand. Other ramparts against this reform exist: This is the institutional side. Afterwards, there will be the Constitutional Council, there will perhaps be the shared initiative referendum… There are plenty of things. But the bottom line is that perhaps, one day, he will understand that the interest is to represent the entire population. They need to get out of this impasse. »
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The wish for a scenario like the CPE
A criticism directed directly against Emmanuel Macron. However, it is not he who risks his place on Monday, but according to Vincent, a research engineer who made the trip from the neighboring department, the President of the Republic still has an important card to play:
“ There is still an option, and that is that the law is not enacted. It was already seen at the time of the CPE [Contrat première embauche, NDLR] For example. One could imagine that Emmanuel Macron, if he is as smart as he thinks he is, could choose not to enact the law. Which would allow him a “top exit” from this dirty business in which he got himself into. »
Whatever happens this afternoon, these thousands of French mobilized since January want to believe that the game is not completely lost.