This is the second legislative initiative to be tabled against the executive after it announced on Wednesday its intention to pass some of the budgets without putting it to deputies for a vote
National Regrouping, Marine Le Pen’s far-right party, filed a motion of censure against the French government on Thursday after the executive announced on Wednesday that it will accelerate the approval of the first part of the 2023 budgets without introducing the bill. to the French government. vote of the delegates.
This is the second motion of censure filed against the government of Elisabeth Borne in less than 24 hours. The Nupes, the alliance of left-wing parties, presented theirs on Wednesday, shortly after Borne resorted to Article 49.3 of the Constitution to approve the budgets by decree.
The French government has been forced to use this mechanism as Macron’s party and its allies do not have an absolute majority in the National Assembly, making it difficult to approve the budgets. Filing a motion of censure is the opposition’s way of expressing its disapproval of the government. In order to be adopted, it is necessary for a majority of deputies (289 out of 588 in the National Assembly) to vote on the text.
The Nupes – the alliance of left-wing parties formed by La France Insumisa, the Socialist Party, the Communist Party and Europe Ecology – The Greens – has 151 deputies. Le Pen’s party has 89 seats. Without the 62 Republicans, they cannot get the 289 votes needed to carry out their challenge. Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne can rest assured. Neither motion of censure has any chance of success, as the opposition is deeply divided. Nupes will not vote for the National Regrouping initiative and vice versa.
In any case, the vote on the motion of censure will take place 48 hours after its presentation. In the unlikely event that either of the two would prosper, the Borne government would fall, President Emmanuel Macron could dissolve the National Assembly and new parliamentary elections would be called.
Source: La Verdad
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