After that of the Libertés, Indépendants Outre-mer et Territoires (Liot) group, the National Group presented in turn this Friday afternoon a motion of censure in the National Assembly, hoping to overthrow the government of Elisabeth Borne, after the Thursday’s use of 49.3 to force through the pension reform.
Unlike the Insoumi, who preferred to line up behind their independent colleagues to give their position the greatest weight, the elected deputies of the National Group insisted on maintaining their own attempt at censorship.
Specifying, however, that “they will vote on all the motions presented”, in the words of the spokesperson for the RN group in the Assembly, deputy Laure Lavalette. Because the motion of censure of the RN deputies is not cross-party, that is, it has not been co-signed by any other opposition group. Therefore, you are even less likely to succeed.
An “unfair and unnecessary” reform
The document unveiled this Friday by the National Rally, which BFMTV was able to consult, is brief. In practice, when a motion of censure is presented, its authors are invited to present a counter-project to the government they intend to overthrow.
Here, the RN deputies are content to evoke an “unfair and unnecessary” pension reform.
“While the French are massively demonstrating their opposition to this reform, the national representation has never been able to vote on this text, which is, despite the legality of the process, a serious attack on democratic principles,” he continues.
Then to conclude: “That is why we present this motion of censure, so that this iniquitous reform is not approved.”
Motions debated on Monday
As required by the regulations of the National Assembly, it is necessary to wait 48 hours, therefore on Monday, for these two motions of censure to be debated and put to a vote in the chamber. At present, his chances of success are more than uncertain.
Because even the transpartisan motion of no confidence presented by the Liot group, co-signed by deputies from Nupes, will have to gather all the votes of the left deputies, from RN, from the Liot group, but also a majority of LR deputies.
At the moment, only a handful of Republican deputies have confirmed that they will be part of a process of censorship of the government. The president of the party, Éric Ciotti, told him on Thursday that in a group meeting, the majority of the deputies had decided not to vote on a motion.
Source: BFM TV
