reactions in Gard

This Monday, the Prime Minister took responsibility for his government within the framework of the Social Security financing bill in the National Assembly. Two groups, the New Popular Front and the National Rally, have announced the filing of a motion of censure which now exposes Michel Barnier and his team to resignation… Political reactions in Gard are numerous.

PS Senator Denis Bouad: “I take note of Michel Barnier's decision to use 49.3 for the adoption of the Social Security financing bill. He thus finds himself exposed to censure from the National Assembly. This marks the failure of this government to establish majorities around budgetary texts The desire to negotiate exclusively with the common base and the far right made the Prime Minister prisoner of the wishes of Marine Le Pen with the result that we see in the budgetary crisis. that we face Now comes a political crisis. On these two points, the responsibility of the President of the Republic is immense. In the days and weeks to come, it will be up to the socialists to make proposals in order to find a path that will allow us to provide funds! the nation of a budget and thus respond to the uncertainty and anxiety of citizens, businesses, farmers, communities…”

RN deputy Nicolas Meizonnet : “When Michel Barnier was appointed Prime Minister, he knew that he did not have a majority and that he would have to deal with the opposition forces. The National Rally constitutes precisely, thanks to its 11 million voters during the last elections, the first opposition group in the Assembly, but also the most constructive. We are the only ones to vote for all the texts and all the proposals which seem to us to be in the interest of the French, whatever the. political label that bears them. Government censorship will therefore not be done out of principle or dogmatism, but because we see that the state budget includes unfair and counterproductive measures. Our group has made numerous proposals to improve this text. We have proposed new ones. revenues, savings, and wanted to redirect certain expenses However, we had red lines, and these were crossed. We refused for example the deindexation of pensions, but by using 49.3, the government imposes this measure by force. Given the current context, we considered that the 2025 Social Security financing project, like the finance bill, must absolutely avoid attacking the purchasing power of the French or the competitiveness of businesses. . However, the government plans to do both, even though we are one of the most taxed countries in the world and our debt has increased by 1,000 billion euros since Emmanuel Macron came to power. It is therefore in the interest of our country and the budgetary recovery that we will vote to censure a government which will have embodied the continuity of a policy that the French nevertheless very widely sanctioned last June during the various elections.”

Senator LR Laurent Burgoa : “The Prime Minister has just initiated 49.3 on the Social Security financing bill in the absence of an absolute majority, the oppositions (left and far left on one side and RN on the other) have announced their intention to file a motion of censure France needs stability at least until July 2025, when new legislative elections would be possible How will the Republican left, often very moralistic towards the right, be able to justify associating its votes with that of the extreme right? If this were the case, we will no longer be able to accept moral lessons from this left subject to the Insoumis. Faithful to my Gaullist convictions, I call on each deputy to make their decision in the interest of the Country. and our fellow citizens who expect a certain stability in the face of an unprecedented financial situation in France. The only person responsible for this situation is Emmanuel Macron, the President of the Republic following his irresponsible decision to dissolve the National Assembly, the government. by Michel Barnier must not be the victim of the political situation in which Emmanuel Macron has put the Country.”

RN deputy Yoann Gillet : “The National Rally has continued to propose measures and a counter-budget made up of 57 proposals, which would have enabled France to have a budget respectful of the French. By voting for the National Rally, 11 million Voters made demands concerning purchasing power, immigration, security and pensions. Until the end, the National Rally asked the government to take into account its 10 red lines The Prime Minister, while remaining deaf. to the demands of the RN and by rejecting its amendment concerning the total renunciation of the deindexation of pensions, closed the door to a compromise which would have made it possible to partially improve the budget in order to avoid the worst. Respect of the voters of the National Rally n. The uncertainty into which France is entering is solely responsible for Emmanuel Macron and Gabriel Attal. It is the “single party” (from LFI to LR via the Macronie), resulting from an alliance of dishonor. during the legislative elections, who is solely responsible for the situation. The National Rally cannot be held responsible for either the institutional crisis or the economic crisis. Stability is not about accepting the unacceptable. Because the budget that Michel Barnier wanted to impose by 49.3 is a budget of fiscal injustice, social breakdown and worsening of the deficit, and because the government was not up to the task of the French political situation, the deputies of the National Rally will vote on censure on Wednesday.”

Vincent Bouget, PCF vice-president at the Gard Departmental Council : “ Dishonor and defeat. After the dishonor of having put the National Rally at the center of the debate when it had been pushed aside by the French last July, Barnier and his government must now experience defeat. After all, it will only record the reality of a minority government appointed by an irresponsible President who had opted for choices that were unbearable for the vast majority of the population. Let us now bet that the left-wing deputies will rise to the occasion and that the Democrats will be able to participate in a happy outcome for our people.”