The first motion of censure against the government of Michel Barnier was signed by 192 deputies of the New Popular Front. It will be defended on Tuesday October 8 afternoon by the First Secretary of the PS Olivier Faure.
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“ The existence of this government, in its composition and its orientations, is a negation of the result of the last legislative elections », Says the motion signed this Friday by 192 NFP deputies. For these elected officials of the New Popular Front, “ the President of the Republic should have appointed to Matignon the personality proposed by the New Popular Front, the coalition having won the greatest number of seats (193) in the National Assembly. This personality is then tasked with proposing a government to the President of the Republic and seeking to build majorities text by text. “.
“ Second reason for censorship ” advance, ” the political orientations of the Barnier government “, notably the refusal of the executive to return to the 2023 pension reform, and budgetary texts which announce themselves as ” the most austerity of these twenty-five years “. Furthermore, ” Michel Barnier seems to be content with empty words about defending the environment and the climate », accuse the socialist, communist, environmentalist and rebellious deputies.
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“ Voting on this motion of censure means denouncing the non-respect of republican tradition with the appointment of Michel Barnier to Matignon; it means preserving our social model; it means sanctioning a government which uses the concepts and vocabulary of the extreme right; it is finally to protect the rule of law, which is an intangible principle », concludes the text, in an allusion to comments by Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau (LR) which sparked an outcry. “ The rule of law is not intangible or sacred », affirmed Bruno Retailleau last week, adding that “ the source of the rule of law is democracy, it is the sovereign people “.
The motion, however, has little chance of being adopted, as Marine Le Pen’s National Rally has indicated that it will not vote for it. “ I think the situation is serious enough not to already censor this government in advance. We will, I was going to say, give the product a chance (…) we cannot add chaos like you do », said RN MP Laure Lavalette on the set of France 2, in front of NFP leaders. The text could, however, be voted on beyond the benches of the left, by non-registered deputies, from the Liot group (independents) or even from the presidential camp.
New Caledonia MP Emmanuel Tjibaou, a pro-independence activist, did not sign the motion although he sits with the communists within the GDR group. Prime Minister Michel Barnier made a gesture in the direction of the separatists on Tuesday by announcing in his general policy declaration that the constitutional bill on the unfreezing of the electorate adopted last May by the parliamentary assemblies would not be submitted to Congress.