“Behind the speeches and the invectives, we know the reasons why 49.3 was used. It’s because you failed to have a majority. ” During the debates on motions of censure, Friday eveningTematai Le Gayic recalled the weakness of the executive in the National Assembly, forced to pass in force to adopt the first part of the 2024 budget. But the intervention of the deputy from French Polynesia from the GDR group (Democratic and Republican Left ) was greeted… by smiles on the benches of the government and the majority.
“Class contempt” for the Nupes
“It’s quite funny, because you don’t have the majority to pass a text so you have to use 49.3 (…) but we also can’t get a majority on a motion of censure . So no one manages to have a majority,” quipped the 23-year-old Polynesian elected official, speaker of the communist group, triggering the amusement of Elisabeth Borne and certain parliamentarians. “The reason is simple, those who can make the switch do not want to return to the polls, because they are afraid of not returning,” added Tematai Le Gayic. “There is a demobilization of the majority […] Everything is decided in the ministries and I hope that one day in this mandate, we will be able to vote on a finance law in this Parliament. That’s the end, I hope we can debate, so let’s see it through to the end one day or another,” he added. “Thank you very much my dear colleague,” laughed the President of the Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet.
Several Nupes elected officials denounced the attitude of the government and the presidential camp on the social network X (formerly Twitter). “The small political caste that rules France has made contempt and arrogance its trademark. All my support for my colleague,” reacted Manuel Bompard, boss of France Insoumise. “This class contempt is constant in the Assembly. If we managed to show it more, we would understand the origins of macronism much better,” also denounced the elected environmentalist Sandrine Rousseau.
“Just relieved laughter”
Criticisms brushed aside by Prisca Thévenot, Secretary of State for Youth and the SNU. “There is no class contempt. Simply relieved smiles because finally we heard something clear, frank and without controversy after an hour of theatrical comments. But you can’t know that because you weren’t there in the Hemicycle! “, she replied, while the debates took place in an almost empty Hemicycle.
Furthermore, the motions of the National Rally and La France Insoumise were rejected by the (rare) deputies present. The revenue component of the finance bill (PLF) was therefore adopted at first reading, before being sent to the Senate.