LR will not be able to count on the socialists. The first secretary of the PS, Olivier Faure, indicated Tuesday that he would not vote on a possible motion of censure tabled by Les Républicains in the event of 49.3 from the government on the immigration bill.
This “would be a motion to go even further than what the government wants. you must not exaggerate. Unfortunately, I fear it will end with a 49.3,” he declared on France 2.
In the event of 49.3 from the government on the immigration bill, LR leaders threaten to table a motion of censure in an attempt to overthrow the government. The right is directly opposed to the regularization of undocumented immigrants in professions in shortage, provided for by article 3 of the bill.
A “right-wing motion”
Olivier Faure’s position, “in itself it is not a surprise”, reacted immediately a government source, noting that “in his software”, the boss of the PS “cannot vote for a right-wing motion “.
“After the question, it will be the ecologists”, engages the same source, which therefore calls not to “rejoice” prematurely and to “remain extremely cautious due to the relative majority” in the Assembly.
The Greens and the PCF do not communicate
Taking out the calculator, a pillar of the majority believes that the only PS contingent, which has 31 deputies, “that does not save us”. But “this brings people on the left, without prejudging what La France insoumise will do”, underlines the same person, expressing his relief.
Questioned by AFP, LFI, Europe Ecologie – Greens and PCF deputies indicated that their respective groups had not yet made their decision in the face of a possible LR motion of censure. But everyone questioned the reality of the threat brandished by the right, engaged in a standoff with the government while the text is expected Monday in the Senate.