Threat of motion of censure, altercation in the National Assembly… Roland Lescure’s “8h30 franceinfo”

Roland Lescure, Vice-President of the National Assembly, was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo”, Monday December 2, 2024

Roland Lescure, Vice-President of the National Assembly, was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo”, Monday December 2, 2024. Risk of censorship, altercation in the National Assembly… He answered questions from Salhia Brakhlia and Jérôme Chapuis.

Threat of government censorship: Marine Le Pen is a “small-footed Machiavelli who plays with French money”, criticizes Roland Lescure

Marine Le Pen “is like a Roman emperor who will decide at the last minute whether to spare the gladiator or whether to execute him”, believes Roland Lescure, deputy Ensemble pour la République and vice-president of the National Assembly, while the RN declared that it was going to vote for censure of the government “unless a last minute miracle”. “Marine Le Pen is not Julius Caesar, he is rather a small-footed Machiavelli who plays with France's signature on the financial markets”, castigates Roland Lescure. “She’s playing with French money, she’s playing roulette today,” he continues. “ “Whatever the outcome of this week's vote and the one that follows on the budget, we will undoubtedly have to change the political equation. That is to say, we must be able to talk with the reasonable left to constitute another political equation, the reasonable left must be ready to do it. continues Roland Lescure. The reasonable left is the “Socialist Party, it’s part of the ecologists, it’s even part of the communists.”

Altercation at the National Assembly: “These behaviors are totally prohibited”

Roland Lescure specifies that it is the office which will decide on the potential sanction of Nicolas Turquois, the deputy who climbed into the aisles of the hemicycle during a session suspension and who was threatening towards his socialist colleague Mickaël Bouloux, before bailiffs and the president of his group Marc Fesneau intervened to calm him down and make him leave the enclosure. The latter will be interviewed by the office. The vice-president of the National Assembly indicates: “We need to calm down.” . The National Assembly “it’s a place for debate, not combat!“, he continues.

Carlos Tavares dismissed from Stellantis: he “did a fantastic job” but “for a year or two, it seems like he lost his touch”

Carlos Tavares “is someone who has done a fantastic job” for the Stellantis group “but for the last year or two, it seems like he’s lost his touch”reacts Roland Lescure, Ensemble deputy for the Republic of French people in North America, vice-president of the National Assembly and former Minister Delegate in charge of Industry. The 66-year-old CEO of the Franco-Italian-American automobile group was forced to resign on Sunday, under pressure from the board of directors. This resignation takes effect immediately. “It's perhaps a lesson because he was extremely strong but also perhaps a little alone up there. I'm talking about an industrialist with a board of directors which was undoubtedly, I would say, not very well treated by the omnipotent CEO So, I think there are changes to be made at Stellantis”, says Roland Lescure. Henri de Castries, senior independent director of the Stellantis group, explains in a press release on Sunday that “in recent weeks, divergent views have emerged, leading the board and CEO to take” this decision. The board of directors has repeatedly warned Carlos Tavares, particularly for management deemed too brutal. A form of denial of the emblematic boss has been recorded, several sources explain to franceinfo. Former Minister of Industry, Roland Lescure, confirms that discussions with Carlos Tavares “were not easy”.

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