A widely rejected text. The government of François Bayrou escaped, Thursday January 16, its first motion of censure, tabled by La France insoumise, partly thanks to the Socialist Party which chose not to associate itself with it. The text only received 131 votes from deputies, far from the 288 required. The motion was tabled after the Prime Minister's general policy statement, and was also signed by communist and environmentalist deputies. The PS had announced its intention not to vote on the motion. Only eight socialists voted in favor. “The Socialist Party has isolated itself from the rest of the New Popular Front”reacted Mathilde Panot, the president of the LFI deputies. “We are the alternative that continues to fight”she added. Sfollow our live stream.
Olivier Faure defends “a left that advances”. The Socialist Party, which decided not to vote for censorship, remains “in opposition” but is “open to compromise”affirmed his first secretary in the hemicycle, warning however that a change of mind of the socialists will be “possible at any time”. Heckled by the elected representatives of LFI, he claimed “the honor of having avoided the French” a tougher budget for their purchasing power, in the name of a “left which proposes, which advances (and) which makes the government give in”. “We have made progress and we continue to fight to improve the budgetreacted Boris Vallaud, the president of the socialist deputies after the rejection of the motion of censure. We remain a firm opposition, a left-wing opposition, which fights to be useful to people's lives now.”
“Another path” that “confrontation” is “emerging,” greets François Bayrou. “Another path is emerging, with difficulty, after a lot of work, discussions, negotiations (…). Another path is emerging so that an agreement allows us to build a different future”declared the Prime Minister in front of the hemicycle. The Prime Minister accused The rebellious France of “choose internecine war” for the country and to want that “confrontation be the law”.
New concessions from the government to the socialists. In a letter to the Socialist Party, the Prime Minister announced the abandonment of the change from one to three days of waiting time in the event of sick leave in the public service, proposed by the previous government. The Prime Minister also confirmed that the proposed tax on high incomes would be maintained in the 2025 budget. In this letter, the head of government also reaffirms the abandonment of the elimination of “4,000 teaching positions in National Education” et “the creation of 2,000 additional positions for accompanying students with disabilities”.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon accuses the PS of “fracturing” the NFP. “The PS fracture” the New Popular Front, but “he capitulates alone”, reacted on X the leader of La France insoumise, after Olivier Faure spoke. “The other three groups vote for censorship. We continue the fight”he added.
The mission of the Court of Auditors on pensions will last “a few weeks”. In his general policy declaration, François Bayrou instructed the Court to establish “a finding” on the financing of the pension system. “We will try to establish the truth of the figures, objectively, to ensure that it is also a basis” to the discussion with the social partners, explained Thursday the president of the Court of Auditors, Pierre Moscovici, who believes that this work will take “a few weeks”. Il will meet unions and employers on Friday.
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