Michel Barnier was the guest this Tuesday, December 3, 2024 on the news of TF1 and of France 2the day after its decision to activate 49.3 for the vote on the Social Security budget, and the filing of two motions of censure. Almost three months to the day after his arrival in Matignon, he spoke of the potential consequences of censorship of his government on Wednesday in the National Assembly.
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“I don’t care about the gold of the Republic!” »
Does he think he has a chance of escaping the motion of censure? “I wish it and it is indeed possible”said the head of government, pointing to the “share of responsibility” of each of the deputies. “It is possible that there is this reflex of responsibility. I think that the greater interest, the common good, means something”.
Michel Barnier believes that he is not playing his “survival in politics” : “The official cars, the gold of the republic, I don’t care! » He also ruled out the hypothesis of being appointed again to Matignon after censorship.
Marine Le Pen tried to enter “into a form of one-upmanship”
Michel Barnier insisted on reading part of the motion of censure filed by the left, judging that it had not been “respected” by the deputies of the New Popular Front. In doing so, he took the “11 million RN voters” and pointed out the bill tabled by LFI aimed at repealing the offense of glorifying terrorism from the Penal Code: “You have to know who is going to be with who. »
Questioned about his position on pensions, a point of tension with the National Rally, the Prime Minister believes that the government has “made an effort because we decided to protect small pensions” by indexing them to inflation, he says. “We are asking everyone to make an effort. » Marine Le Pen tried “to enter into a sort of one-upmanship”he estimated. “I don’t want to get into a form of blackmail. »
18 million French people will see their taxes increase
Emmanuel Macron is right not to make “catastrophism”but the impact of this instability will be seen ” immediately “ in the interest rates that we “strangle”he threatened. “If the motion of censure passes, everything will be more difficult and everything will be more serious. » The increase in taxes will be one of the consequences, said the Prime Minister. : “It’s inevitable”. Nearly 18 million French people will see their income tax increase, he said.
As for a potential resignation of Emmanuel Macron, the latter has not “never mentioned” this idea between them, said Michel Barnier. The president had already ruled out this hypothesis a few hours earlier, from Saudi Arabia.
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