The Liot group, author of the motion of censure that almost overthrew the government in the National Assembly during the pension reform, denounced on Monday not having been associated with “the great political initiative” of Emanuel Macron.
The Head of State, in an interview with the weekly Point published last week, announced that he wanted to bring together “all the political forces represented” in Parliament. The party leaders were invited to Saint-Denis on Wednesday to draw up legislative texts “together” and pave the way, “if necessary”, for referendums.
“It weakens, once again, the role of Parliament”
“After declaring that he did not want to invite the RN and LFI, and then changing his mind, the President of the Republic made the decision not to invite the Liot group, which however is made up of 21 deputies from the RPS movement. [Régions et Peuples solidaires]UDI, Nouveau Center and Útiles in their ‘joint work afternoon’ scheduled for August 30,” denounced the group in a statement sent to AFP.
“Although this meeting should evoke ‘legislative texts built together’ in Parliament or by referendum, the fact of not inviting parliamentary groups is a bad sign,” the group considers.
And he adds: “It weakens, once again, the role of Parliament and goes against the objectives set by the President himself to overcome divisions and blockades.”
“The Liot group has been, since its constitution, an ‘opposition and proposal group’. (…) In addition, we regret this ostracism that appears as a retaliatory measure for our opposition to the pension reform and the deposit of a motion of censure, last March”, concludes the Liot group.
A group “clearly in opposition”
Chaired by the Meuse deputy Bertrand Pancher, the Liot group is the smallest of the ten political groups in the National Assembly. It brings together elected centrists, foreigners, Corsican nationalists and PS dissidents.
While Emmanuel Macron had cited Liot as a possible “alliance” partner on certain texts during a television interview in the autumn, the group was at the forefront of opposition to pension reform. In March, only nine votes were missing for the approval of the “transpartisan” motion of no confidence to overthrow the Government of Elisabeth Borne.
“Clearly in opposition,” Liot’s group is not hostile to reaching agreements with the presidential camp “on major political projects, since there is no majority” in the National Assembly.
Source: BFM TV
