Guest of BFMTV-RMC on Tuesday, December 3, the First Secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, returned to the reasons which pushed the New Popular Front to table a motion of censure against the government of Michel Barnier. Michel Barnier “never sought to discuss” with his political family, he regretted.
A government more than ever on borrowed time. While Prime Minister Michel Barnier triggered article 49.3 to have the Social Security budget adopted without a vote, Monday December 2, two motions of censure were filed against his government by the National Rally (RN) and the New Front popular (NFP). Guest of BFMTV-RMC, Wednesday December 3, Olivier Faure particularly regretted that Michel Barnier did not “never tried to discuss“with the Socialist Party (PS) regarding the budget.”We sought for two months to negotiate with the Prime Minister, to make proposals, to tell him that there was another possible path, and the Prime Minister only reached out to Marine Le Pen.“, pointed out the First Secretary of the PS.
While several voices from the government and its relative majority call for opposition to be responsible in the face of the financial risks incurred by censorship, Olivier Faure believes that they seek to “dramatize“the situation.”They are in their role, they seek to dramatize, to say that it is them or chaos and that we can do nothing other than follow them“, he declared. Before specifying: “If the left is called to power tomorrow, it will draw up an amending finance bill in January.“
“They put themselves in the hands of Marine Le Pen,” denounces Marine Tondelier
In the franceinfo morning show, Tuesday December 3, Marine Tondelier and Lucie Castets were also very critical of the negotiations carried out by Michel Barnier and his government. “They put themselves in the hands of Marine Le Pen“, castigated the national secretary of Europe Ecology Les Verts (EELV). “We have a government which is in the hands of the National Rally“, adds Lucie Castets at her side. The New Popular Front is “capable of building compromises“, but Michel Barnier “immediately turned to the National Rally“, regretted the candidate nominated by the NFP for the post of Prime Minister.
“We showed our openness. We are not responsible for the fact that the president and the government camp chose to turn exclusively to the RN, largely for ideological reasons.“, continued Lucie Castets.
