The National Assembly is preparing, this Wednesday, to study the motions of censure tabled by the left and the National Rally against the government in place. Follow the evolution of the historical political situation live.
Towards the last hours of the Barnier government? This Wednesday, December 4 at 4 p.m., the National Assembly will study the two motions of censure tabled by the left and the National Rally against the government in place in response to the invocation of 49.3 by the Prime Minister to pass the budget of the Social security.
The main information to remember:
- In the event of censorship, Michel Barnier will be the first head of government to fall since 1962
- The left and the National Rally have tabled motions of censure in response to 49.3 invoked by Michel Barnier
- For the motion to be adopted, it must be voted on by at least 288 deputies.
- Bruno Retailleau, Minister of the Interior, denounced a “melenchonization” of the National Rally
For the RN not to vote for censorship, “Barnier would have to completely review his copy”, says Sébastien Chenu
The motions of censure tabled on the Social Security budget are debated and then voted on this Wednesday afternoon. That of La France insoumise, if it is supported by the National Rally, has a high probability of succeeding. “The only surprise that could come would be that Michel Barnier agrees to return to the de-indexing of pensions”, nuance the RN deputy Sébastien Chenu in the show Pascal Praud and you .
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Gabriel Attal advocates a non-censorship agreement from LR to the PS
The president of the Ensemble pour la République group, Gabriel Attal, imagines, after the fall of Michel Barnier, a government which escapes the tutelage of Marine Le Pen, thanks to a non-censorship agreement which would include the socialists. “What can change now” is to arrive “at a political equation where it is no longer the National Rally which is able to dictate government policy,” the former Prime Minister declared on Tuesday to journalists, as reported by several media on Wednesday.
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“That would mean that there is a form of non-censorship agreement that has been reached with the socialists, in addition to the LR. I don’t know if it’s possible. In any case, I think it’s is what we should aim for,” he continued. “This would get us collectively out of a situation where we have a government hostage to Marine Le Pen,” he further explained.
Bruno Retailleau admits that Michel Barnier’s budget “is not perfect”
Bruno Retailleau was the guest of La Grande interview on Europe 1-CNews. Questioned by Sonia Mabrouk on the subject of government censorship, the Minister of the Interior returned to Michel Barnier’s budget proposal which, according to him, presents imperfections. Bruno Retailleau maintains that the Prime Minister only had 15 days to provide a solution to France’s economic situation.
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“It’s a ‘melenchonization’ of the National Rally,” scathes Bruno Retailleau
Bruno Retailleau, Minister of the Interior, protested at the idea of a vote by the National Rally which would allow the vote of censure tabled by the New Popular Front to be passed and lead to the fall of the Barnier government. He denounces Marine Le Pen’s “submission” to the ideas of Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
The Assembly will examine from this Wednesday the motions of censure tabled by the New Popular Front almost in its entirety and the alliance between the National Rally and the Ciottists, to bring down the Prime Minister, appointed on September 5.
Emmanuel Macron rules out the possibility of resignation
A few minutes before Michel Barnier’s 8 p.m. show on Tuesday, Emmanuel Macron spoke from Saudi Arabia where he is on a state visit. He says he does not believe in the censorship of Michel Barnier and, moreover, rejects the hypothesis of a resignation.
The scenario is pushed by Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Marine Le Pen does not rule it out but on the subject of his possible resignation, Emmanuel Macron evokes “political fiction”: “It’s frankly not up to par. find that if I am before you, it is because I have been elected twice by the French people. I am extremely proud of it and I will honor this trust with all the energy that is mine until the last. second to be useful to the country”, he declared.
Even if he were to be censored on Wednesday, Michel Barnier ready to stay at Matignon
According to information from Europe 1, Prime Minister Michel Barnier intends to stay in Matignon if Emmanuel Macron asks him to do so, even in the event of censure from the National Assembly on Wednesday evening. Theoretically the President of the Republic has the right to reappoint the same Prime Minister after censorship. “He is very determined. He has the will to act and he will never refuse to act,” a recent interlocutor of the Prime Minister confided to Europe 1.
More than 10 million viewers for Barnier’s interview on TF1 and France 2
More than 10.3 million viewers followed the interview with Prime Minister Michel Barnier on TF1 and France 2 on Tuesday, on the eve of the censure vote in the Assembly, for an audience share of 48.3%, according to data from Médiamétrie on Wednesday. TF1 had more than 5.7 million viewers at the time of Michel Barnier’s intervention, compared to around 4.5 million on France 2.
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