No cannonball wind this time. Unsurprisingly, the new motion of censure tabled by the left alliance Nupes against the government after its pension reform, was rejected by the deputies on Monday evening. She collected only 239 votes out of the 289 necessary.
It was the 17th motion of censure tabled in the Assembly since the arrival by Elisabeth Borne at Matignon. In the absence of the support of the LRs, it gathered significantly fewer votes than the previous motion, which almost, with nine votes, overthrew the government in March.
“True political courage is to get out of the comfort of the posture” and “to build majorities, even with those who do not think exactly like us”, had pleaded the Prime Minister at the podium, on this anniversary of the first round of legislative elections a year ago.
Not a voice from the LRs
At the podium, the socialist Valérie Rabault carried the motion on Monday by placing herself on another ground. “What is at stake today (…) is the possibility of putting an end to the discredit that the government throws on the National Assembly”, she judged, criticizing in a stormy atmosphere a “duplicity” and “pressure” from the government of Elisabeth Borne during the pension crisis. “Are we still in democracy in Macronie? “Added the boss of rebellious deputies Mathilde Panot.
The deputies of the National Rally, led by Marine Le Pen, voted for censorship: On the other hand, none of the LR deputies, some of whom had voted for the last motion in March, joined their voices this time.
In the presidential camp, Jean-Louis Bourlanges (MoDem) pinned him on “yet another remake of the government’s condemnation”.
And now, a redesign?
If this vote seems to close the series of pensions for the government, Elisabeth Borne did not deny on Sunday that there could be a change of government team. “These questions are discussed with the President of the Republic,” she said.
A member of the Renaissance presidential party mentioned Monday the possibility of a reshuffle within two weeks, fueling the rumor machine. “It’s getting there,” he told AFP. Either before the deadline of July 14 posed to Élisabeth Borne by Emmanuel Macron to roll out a roadmap intended to relaunch the action of the executive.
The president of Renaissance Stéphane Séjourné also invited parliamentarians from the majority on June 21 to discuss the “political context”, according to two sources within the party.