In the end, she didn’t risk it. Elisabeth Borne, the Prime Minister, has decided not to seek the confidence of parliament at the end of her general policy speech, scheduled for Wednesday July 6, 2022. In any case, this is what the spokesperson explained. of the government, who also holds the position of Minister Delegate for Democratic Renewal. For the first press conference of the new executive, Olivier Véran has chosen to recall that the tenant of Matignon is not the first to evade this tradition. “Trust cannot be decreed, it is built step by step, text after text,” he said, citing Georges Pompidou, Raymond Barre and Edith Cresson in particular.
The situation, according to him, does not reflect a lack of confidence in the government either, reports BFMTV. “The French have chosen to place their trust in the President of the Republic’s project. We will put it in place by working with the opposition. The hand is outstretched, with kindness”, he still guaranteed. Unsurprisingly, such assertions were not enough to convince all the opposition. On the left, La France Insoumise has already announced that it intends to file a motion of censure. But what are we talking about, exactly?
The motion of censure, explains the news channel continuously on its site, is a tool made available to opposition parties able to form a group of at least 58 deputies. When it is tabled and voted on, it theoretically allows parliament to overthrow the government in place. But what does that mean?
In fact, there are two types of motion of censure. One is called “provoked” and the other is called “spontaneous”. After it is tabled, opposition MPs have 48 hours to discuss and debate before voting.
This Wednesday, July 6, 2022, the deputies of La France Insoumise will file a motion of censure against Elisabeth Borne, informs Le Parisien on its site. It is above all, believes the constitutionalist Didier Maus, a tool of a symbolic nature and this initiative should hardly allow the left to block the smooth running of the five-year term. “In the case of the Insoumis, it’s a shot in the dark. They know perfectly well that she has no chance of being adopted. But the political message is very strong. They position themselves as the first opponents and set a date for the future”, he says in front of the microphones of our colleagues.
To pass a motion of censure, 289 votes are required, i.e. an absolute majority. Once this level is reached, the motion of censure automatically results in the resignation of the Prime Minister – in this case, Elisabeth Borne – and his government team.
La France Insoumise has been talking about the possibility of a motion of censure for several weeks now. As BFMTV recalls, the idea was already mentioned in the second round of the legislative elections. “I don’t see what majority Macron is going to rely on for his plans for social destruction, because he doesn’t even have a relative majority, so I think he’s preparing for a complicated five-year term”, estimated at the Eric Coquerel, chairman of the Finance Commission and who is now the subject of a complaint for harassment seuxel, indicates Le Monde.
However, not all the oppositions will vote for the motion of censure of La France Insoumise. Thus, notes the continuous news channel, The Republicans refuse to join their voices to those of the party of Jean-Luc Mélenchon. “Our objective is not to carry out a political coup on the occasion of a motion of censure,” said Annie Genevard, interim president of the party.
