In an interview with TF1, the Prime Minister announced this Tuesday, November 26, the opening of “the project” on proportional voting. “We are going to do this work with Pascal Perrineau,” declared the Prime Minister. The political scientist will present his proposals in the spring of 2025.
During his general policy statement of October 1, Michel Barnier declared himself open to “a non-ideological reflection on proportional voting.”
A message to the National Rally
This election method is a long-standing demand of the National Front and then of the National Rally. The far-right party increasingly threatens a motion of no confidence against Michel Barnier’s government.
This Monday, Marine Le Pen assured that the Matignon tenant “is not opposed to thinking” about a debate on proportional representation, after meeting with Michel Barnier. However, the leader of the deputies of the National Group estimated that “the road is still long.”
During his speech this Tuesday, Michel Barnier warned of possible censure against his government. “If there is an alliance in the votes, unlikely but possible, between the votes of Mr. Mélenchon, of the extreme left LFI and the voices of Madame Le Pen, the National Rally with the Socialist Party and the Greens I fall, the government “If stops, there is no longer a budget,” declared the Prime Minister, anticipating “serious turbulence in the financial markets.”
Source: BFM TV
