The parliamentary initiative led by Mélenchon has little chance of success because it lacks the support of the right-wing opposition
Left-wing parties today tabled a motion of censure against the French government, shortly before Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne’s general policy statement began before the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament.
“In the absence of a confidence vote, we have had no choice but to follow this path,” said deputies from La Francia Insumisa, the Socialist Party, Europe Ecology-The Greens (EE-LV) and the Communist Party. consider it a ‘vote of no confidence’.
The New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes), which unites these four left-wing parliamentary groups, lamented that parliamentarians cannot solemnly express in the chamber with their vote whether they support or oppose the Borne Executive.
Unlike his predecessors in the post, Borne will not submit to a vote of confidence from the deputies after his statement of general policy, as he does not have enough votes to overcome it. However, you are not obliged to do so. The president’s party, Emmanuel Macron, and its allies will have a relative majority in the hemisphere only after the parliamentary elections in June.
“We are proposing a motion of censure to respect the vote of the people who said no to Macron in the parliamentary elections. Those (in the opposition) who don’t want to vote are lying to their voters,” Nupes leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon wrote on Twitter.
The National Assembly must vote on the motion of censure at least 48 hours after it is tabled, i.e. Friday afternoon at the earliest. However, it has little chance of success, as the four left-wing parties do not have enough votes to get it approved. Republicans (moderate right) and National Rally (Marine Le Pen’s far-right party) have already said they will not support her.
Filing a motion of censure is the only means available to the National Assembly to force the resignation of the Prime Minister and his government in France. It takes at least 58 delegates to process it. To be approved, an absolute majority is required, i.e. 289 votes out of 577 in the House of Representatives. Barring a last-minute surprise, Borne, appointed prime minister by Macron in May, will remain at her post.
Source: La Verdad
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