Will the New Popular Front (NFP) crash in the post-Barnier era? While the Prime Minister is threatened by a motion of censure, the four left-wing groups differ sharply on the course of action to follow if the government falls. Tuesday, December 3, the day after 49.3 tabled by the Prime Minister, cacophony reigned within the left alliance. At the heart of the dissensions, the non-censorship agreement that the socialists wish to propose to other parliamentary groups, excluding the National Rally. This agreement would consist, for a possible left-wing government, of renouncing 49.3, in exchange for an absence of censorship in Parliament.
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From the outset, the president of the La France insoumise (LFI) group in the National Assembly, Mathilde Panot, was against it. She sees there “a form of government alliance with the Macronists. It's out of the question for us.”she said. The president of the finance committee, Eric Coquerel (LFI, Seine-Saint-Denis), agrees: “Imagining any prior agreement with the “common base” does not work. We saw in the Senate that the government and the right had the left's amendments voted on again, without even mentioning the obstruction work on the repeal of the pension reform. »
LFI is only considering two solutions to end the crisis, the appointment of Lucie Castets to the government, an option in which the movement no longer believes; or the resignation of Emmanuel Macron, with an early presidential election in mind, which is also the preference of Jean-Luc Mélenchon. “If he does not appoint an NFP government, he must go. We should not give him any escape with a technical or center-left government”explains Eric Coquerel, suggesting new censorships.
A strategy that runs counter to that implemented by the socialists, who have increased their efforts to distance themselves from their cumbersome partners. The main concern of the Socialist Party (PS): to prove that it is not contributing to the destabilization of the country, while criticism is increasing. “The PS group has never stopped making precise and funded proposals on the Social Security financing bill [PLFSS]we received a dismissal”justified the Paris deputy Emmanuel Grégoire. “We are in no way supporters of chaos”tried to reassure the elected PS of Finistère Mélanie Thomin.
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