Two of the three left-wing deputies elected last summer in the Basque Country voted to censure the Bayrou government on January 16: the Oloronian socialist Iñaki Echaniz and the Cibourian abertzale Peio Dufau. It was enough to arouse the indignation of the center and the local right. Starting with Renaissance Basque Country. “This decision raises […] questions about the real motivations behind this choice and its implications for political stability and the general interest,” writes the president of the presidential party, Maria Echevarria, in a press release.
Renaissance underlines the “constructive dialogue approach” initiated by François Bayrou to “respond to the expectations of citizens and the urgent challenges of the country”. Hence his incomprehension regarding the vote of these “two deputies supposed to defend the values of solidarity and progress”. Maria Echevarria deplores “partisan maneuvers”.
“My responsibility”
Center and right understand even less since the vast majority (58 out of 66) of socialists have chosen continuity, like Bayonnaise Colette Capdevielle. “At the end of last year, during the budgetary debates, Michel Barnier's government rejected all the proposals of the socialist deputies, refusing any dialogue, turning to the National Rally,” she writes. It was my responsibility to censor this government […]. »
This would no longer be the case today. Also, “faced with this rumbling world, faced with climatic, social, democratic, economic emergencies”, Colette Capdevielle made her decision. “My duty is to be useful immediately,” she thinks. And the Bayonnaise cites “an email from a Bayonne retiree who survives on 1,100 euros of pension and finds herself unable to live decently”. In short, the Prime Minister's step towards dialogue and urgency confirms her choice.
-“Inadequacies”
A choice contrary to that of his Basque colleagues from the NFP, whose attitude is described as “irresponsible” by the LR senator from Biarritz, Max Brisson. The latter believes that “their growing radicalism […] brings them closer to the positions of La France insoumise than to their own group.” Which worries him the most.
For his part, Iñaki Echaniz assumes his vote, which he justifies by a lack of concessions on the part of François Bayrou and completely disconnects from the pressure exerted by LFI. Through his motion, Peio Dufau intends to “alert the French government, because it is not up to the challenges”. The Prime Minister's recent remarks have, in his eyes, proven “insufficient”.
