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Government censorship, Marine Le Pen’s risky move
By bringing their decisive votes to the government's censorship, Marine Le Pen and her team are playing their game: if it is demanded by RN sympathizers, the announced fall of Michel Barnier involves countless unknowns which could turn against its instigators.The “miracle”, mentioned Monday morning by Jordan Bardella and which could have changed the minds of the Lepenists, did not occur: “We will vote to censure the government”, confirmed in the afternoon the head of the deputies of the National Rally, after the Prime Minister used a few minutes earlier article 49.3 of the Constitution on the Social Security budget. In order to remove any ambiguity, the three-time unsuccessful presidential candidate clarified that her troops would vote on all the motions, “wherever (they) come from”, including that of the left alliance of the New Popular Front. With its approximately 120 deputies, it is therefore the National Rally which brings the voices necessary to reach the majority of 288 “to” overthrow the government – the NFP, which has a little less than 200 members, was able to measure its impotence when it attempted a similar maneuver at the beginning of October, without succeeding in rallying other political forces. The party with the flame thus intends to present the fall of the Prime Minister – which should take place on Wednesday or Thursday – as a trophy. For the first time in its fifty-year history, the National Front, which became the National Rally, can boast of direct and tangible power over the much-criticized “system”, a mark of its omnipotence in an Assembly without a majority. The jubilation of this triumph Is it worth the effort? No, had until then estimated the majority of the movement's executives, Marine Le Pen in the lead, who preferred to make the appointment of Michel Barnier an opportunity to make the Prime Minister obligated. The promises to listen to the new head of the government, or even negotiation, as the member for Hénin-Beaumont had hoped, still had to participate in the respectability of an RN. Which could boast of its influence, Michel Barnier giving in in turn on two demands: the prices of electricity and the delisting of medicines. – Protester – By resolving to change strategy, the Lepénists swore to measure the risks. Pressured by their electoral base to overthrow Michel Barnier, they have however long considered that the use of this supreme weapon could stop their strategy of conquest towards the traditional right, concerned with stability, first and foremost economic.”We consider that we rather put an end to the chaos as it is today”, said on Monday a close friend of Marine Le Pen, according to whom the scarecrow of a financial crisis, brandished by the government's supporters, “has worked much less than what we could have feared.” The fact remains that the decision to censor refers to the eternally protesting function of the RN, which only a minority of French people (44%) consider “capable of governing the country”, according to a study Ipsos published Monday. Until the last minute, Ms Le Pen had also wanted to appear as a force of proposal, conditioning her thumbs up on final concessions demanded from Mr Barnier. In vain. By betting on a rupture, the far-right party now becomes de facto responsible for the uncertainty into which the country is preparing to plunge. What can it now hope for from a future government? How do you stand out from the game?”A left-wing Prime Minister is not good for the country but it puts us at the center of the game and dislocates the central bloc. It can catch up with a certain number of people who are more on the right and who say we switch to Marine Le Pen who is the only one who can preserve us against the left”, anticipates a senior party executive. And, if she swears not to officially demand the departure of Emmanuel Macron, Marine Le Pen l 'sketch: “when there is a serious political crisis, the President of the Republic has three possibilities, reshuffle, dissolution and resignation.” Taking care to remember that the first two have already been purged. At the RN, if we start dreaming of an anticipated presidential big bang, we hope that it will take place before March 31: the expected date of the court's judgment correctional court which, if it followed the requisitions of the prosecution, could condemn Ms. Le Pen to ineligibility with immediate effect.pab/jmt/or
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