The government wanted to dissuade them, in vain. The Socialist Party announced Wednesday evening that its deputies would vote on a motion of censure against the government of Michel Barnier.
“During his meeting with our two group presidents, Boris Vallaud and Patrick Kanner, the Prime Minister confirmed the absence of any compromise, the intransigence of the Macronist-LR bloc and the adoption of the budget via art 49.3” , writes Olivier Faure, First Secretary of the PS, on his account
Senators and deputies agreed on Wednesday on a compromise concerning the Social Security budget for 2025, according to parliamentary sources at AFP, paving the way for its adoption without a vote via 49.3, next Monday in the National Assembly. A motion of censure could therefore be tabled as early as next week.
The RN threatens
Despite the executive's warnings, with Michel Barnier warning of a risk of a “storm”, the fall of the government is getting closer. Particularly because of the threats made by the National Rally.
“The French are waiting for clear and firm commitments on the abandonment of the 3 billion increases in the price of electricity (key provision of the 2025 budget, authorizing the government to increase electricity taxation, Editor's note), the abandonment of de-reimbursement of new medicines and the de-indexation of pensions (…) and the Prime Minister is not taking the path”, reacted on X Marine Le Pen the day after the intervention of the head of government Wednesday evening on TF 1.
The RN deputy Jean-Philippe Tanguy does not see “an outstretched hand” by Michel Barnier either, even if the latter said he was ready to do more to “preserve purchasing power” and announced a mission on proportional representation. , another demand of the RN.
The RN could bring down the government if it voted for a motion of censure tabled by the left. However, La France insoumise has already announced its intentions. “There is no possibility of agreement with the common base (…) We do not agree to say that we will govern with the Macronists,” assured Mathilde Panot on Wednesday.
Enough to lead the former Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin to call on Michel Barnier to make “a gesture of compromise” which would be addressed in particular to the National Rally and its “11 million voters”, by targeting “the tax on 'electricity'.
Failing to convince Jordan Bardella's party, the government tried to call for “unbelievable responsibility”, says spokesperson Maud Bregeon, of the socialist parliamentarians, whose leaders were received Wednesday afternoon at Matignon. In vain. “We will never accept the blackmail that could be done to us,” retorted the boss of the PS senators Patrick Kanner.
