Bayrou will not ask for confidence in the Assembly
François Bayrou, who will deliver his general policy declaration on January 14, indicated last night that he would not ask for confidence in the Assembly. “In the wake of this general policy declaration, there will be a sort of vote of confidence because there will probably be a motion of censure”, argued the Prime Minister, who “respects the fact that political forces do not want to be assimilated against their will into government policy”.
Censorship or no censorship in January?
La France insoumise (LFI) has already announced its intention to table a motion of censure. But the National Rally, the largest group in the Assembly, has made it known that it will not censor the new government a priori.
Bercy already at work
On the Bercy side, the new Minister of the Economy Eric Lombard took office on Monday evening, replacing Antoine Armand. The former director of the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, presented by François Bayrou as a man of the left, immediately called for “treating our endemic evil, the deficit”. This will be the first challenge for the Bayrou team: to pass a budget for 2025 in the National Assembly, where on December 4 his predecessor Michel Barnier was overthrown by a motion of censure.
“We will not be censored”
“I am convinced that the action that I define before you and the government team will ensure that we will not be censored,” François Bayrou declared yesterday on BFMTV a few hours after the presentation of his government.
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