The day after the triggering of 49.3 on the Social Security budget and while he is threatened by a motion of censure, Prime Minister Michel Barnier spoke this Tuesday evening in the 8 p.m. of TF1 and France 2 from Matignon. Here’s what you should remember.
Threatened by a motion of censure from the left, which will be voted on by the National Rally, Michel Barnier is perhaps living his last hours in Matignon. On Monday, the Prime Minister held his government accountable by triggering article 49.3 of the Social Security bill. Following this decision, two motions of censure were tabled by the left and the RN. They will be examined on Wednesday at 4 p.m. That of the left, which will be voted on first, has every chance of being adopted since the RN has announced its support. By adding their votes, the left and the RN can gather around 330 votes, well beyond the 288 required.
While Michel Barnier affirmed this Tuesday, December 3 that censorship “will make everything more difficult and more serious”, the Prime Minister was the guest of the 8 p.m. show on TF1 and France 2. He answered questions from Anne-Sophie Lapix and Gilles Bouleau from Matignon. Follow our live stream.
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Information to remember:
- For Michel Barnier, Emmanuel Macron’s resignation “is not the solution”
- Michel Barnier accuses Marine Le Pen of having entered into “one-upmanship”
- MPs “will have to be accountable” to their voters if they vote for censure according to the Prime Minister
- Michel Barnier launched 49.3 Monday on the Social Security bill
- The Prime Minister is threatened by two motions of censure, one from the left and the other from the RN, which will be examined Wednesday at 4 p.m.
- The RN announced its support for the left’s motion of censure
- This Tuesday, Michel Barnier affirmed that censorship “will make everything more difficult and more serious”
“The President was elected for 5 years and is one of the guarantors of the country’s stability”
“I work in trust with Emmanuel Macron, but I remain independent,” said the Prime Minister. For Michel Barnier, Emmanuel Macron’s resignation “is not the solution.” He recalled that “the president was elected for five years and is one of the guarantors of the country’s stability.” “We can still work and move forward together,” he insisted, “especially on the Budget.” He believes “not to have done everything well” because he “did not have much time” to find agreements and make compromises. “I’m still in the future, even though I’m 73 years old, I still have the same ability to get involved. But three months is nothing,” he explained.
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“If my government falls, we will have to expect tremors”
Michel Barnier recalled that he communicated “every day with Macron, our relationship is fluid, everyone is in their role. He is right to say that we should not be catastrophizing, but if my government falls, the impact of this political instability will be felt immediately, you will see it immediately in the interest rates If the motion passes and I leave power, then we will have to expect tremors, turbulence, because there is a lot of. tensions in the country and a feeling of injustice, particularly in the agricultural world,” asserts the Prime Minister.
“Like 18 million French people will see their income tax increase and others will have to pay it”, even though they had not previously paid any. “The deputies voting for censure will have to go and explain themselves, particularly to farmers and employees, to tell them why they will have to pay higher taxes. They will have to go and tell hospitals and nurses why the decrees that I voted will not be effective. They will have to explain themselves,” he concluded.
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“If I remain Prime Minister, my door remains open”
“I opened social dialogue on important subjects,” said the Prime Minister. I believe in social cohesion, a country with strong unions is better off.” “I called my political friends and in the hour that followed, I called some leaders of the Socialist Party, notably Olivier Faure. But they were not open to discussion” “and answered me, ‘we don’t want to see you now'”, defended Michel Barnier. “But I remain attentive. If I remain Prime Minister, my door remains open.”
Marine Le Pen’s threat of censorship
Regarding the threat of censorship, Michel Barnier defended himself from not having “been fooled” by Marine Le Pen. Before adding that she however “tried to enter into one-upmanship”, and that he does not want to “enter into a form of blackmail”. For him, “each of the deputies has a share of responsibility”
A duty of responsibility
Faced with Anne-Sophie Lapix and Gilles Bouleau, Prime Minister Michel Barnier returned to the motion of censure and the extremely tense political situation in the country. “There is a higher interest of the country, the French have the lucidity that we must make an effort and that the situation is serious. I arrived three months ago telling myself that I could leave the next morning because of the situation politics is complicated,” he explained.
“This is the first time since 1958 that there is no majority at all, I know that it is a fragile and ephemeral situation” recognizes Michel Barnier. Concerning his possible censorship, “a motion of censure is not a vindictive vote, but a vote on a text. They have given in to their vilest obsessions”, he denounced at the microphone of TF1. “They will have to be held accountable,” he said, speaking of the alliance between the far-right and the NFP.
