“Voting censorship means adding political chaos to economic difficulties,” warns Valérie Pécresse

While the scenario of a motion of censure in the National Assembly is gaining credibility in recent days against a backdrop of debates around the 2025 Budget, the president of the Île-de-France region called parliamentarians this Friday, November 22 on TF1 “responsibility”.

“We need a budget and a bill to finance social security for the French in 2025. We need these laws to pass. Voting for censorship means adding political and social chaos to France's economic difficulties. It’s irresponsible to vote for censorship.”she estimated.

“Political ulterior motives”

Valérie Pécresse also castigated the position of the National Rally which has been threatening for several days to bring down the government of Michel Barnier. In view of the balance of power in the National Assembly, where no clear majority emerges, no motion of censure can be adopted without the votes of the 126 RN deputies. “It’s dismaying to see Marine Le Pen considering adding these voices to those [des députés] by Jean-Luc Mélenchon »criticized the unsuccessful LR candidate in the 2022 presidential election.

Yesterday on RTL, the leader of the nationalist deputies actually affirmed that “if the purchasing power of the French is further reduced (…) we will vote for censorship”. Marine Le Pen, entangled in the trial of the party's European parliamentary assistants in which she is being prosecuted in particular for embezzlement, also affirmed that she would reiterate her red lines to the Prime Minister on Monday.

“The subject is: isn't all this just a pretext taken by Marine Le Pen to distract from her legal troubles? Does she really want to find a compromise with this government? I'm not suresuspected Valérie Pécresse. If it is on technical points, I think an agreement can always be found. If it is in reality a political ulterior motive with the desire to destabilize France, I believe that the French would not forgive him.