The Prime Minister will speak this Thursday evening at 8:40 p.m. on France 2, after a day of consultations in Matignon during which he brought together party leaders, except La France insoumise and the National Rally. At the end of the meeting, the PS and the Ecologists once again threatened censorship.
François Bayrou will speak this evening, at 8:40 p.m. on France 2, after a day of consultations in Matignon during which he brought together the party leaders, except La France insoumise and the National Rally. The new tenant of Matignon told participants this afternoon that he intended to unveil the composition of his future government “before Christmas”.
During this meeting, the Prime Minister notably proposed to the parties gathered around the table to enter the government and gave them 24 hours to make their response known. The PS and the Ecologists did not wait long to draw theirs, reaffirming that they will not participate and once again brandishing the threat of censorship. “The PS has not found a reason not to censor” François Bayrou, indicated at the end of the meeting Olivier Faure, the first secretary of the PS.
“We are not heard at this stage and we ask to be heard. If we are not, we will have no other constitutional possibility than to censor again,” indicated the first secretary of the PS, confirming that his political party will not participate in the future government.
Bayrou does not rule out 49.3
During the meeting, François Bayrou also retained the possibility of using article 49.3 of the Constitution which allows texts to be passed without a vote but exposes himself to a motion of censure, on future legal texts. , during a meeting in Matignon with political forces, according to participants.
The left proposed to give it up in exchange for abandoning censorship. “We asked him not to use 49.3, which he (the Prime Minister, editor’s note) refuses. He said that he did not want to abuse it, but that he kept the possibility of using it” , reported communist deputy Stéphane Peu.
Discussion on pensions
The president of MoDem and mayor of Pau also proposed reopening the discussion around pension reform. The Prime Minister proposed to reopen a discussion for “nine months” with the social partners and the political forces “without suspending the reform” adopted by the use of 49.3 in March 2023. “And if we don’t succeed, we come back to the 2023 reform” which notably shifted the starting age to 64 years, indicates a source at AFP.
LR asks for a “6-month stability commitment”
For his part, the boss of LR deputies Laurent Wauquiez asked the representatives of the political forces gathered Thursday in Matignon “a six-month commitment to stability” for the future government of François Bayrou, his entourage told AFP.
“Whether we participate or not, whether we are the majority or the opposition, we must commit not to overthrow him,” proposed the deputy for Haute-Loire, whose party demands to know the road map of the next executive before deciding on his participation.
