MPs from the New Popular Front table a motion of censure against the Barnier government

The first motion of censure against the government of Michel Barnier, signed by 192 deputies of the New Popular Front, was tabled on Friday October 4. “The existence of this government, in its composition and its orientations, is a negation of the result of the last legislative elections”denounces the motion, which for the moment has little chance of being adopted. The National Rally, another major opposition force in the chamber, indicated that it would not support this text on Tuesday October 8, the day of its vote in the National Assembly.

For the deputies of the New Popular Front, “the President of the Republic should have appointed to Matignon the personality proposed by the New Popular Front, the coalition having collected the greatest number of seats (193) in the National Assembly”. The left coalition believes that it was this personality “to propose a government to the President of the Republic and to seek to build majorities text by text”.

Guest of France 2 on Thursday, RN deputy Laure Lavalette reaffirmed that the far-right party would not vote for the left-wing text. “I think the situation is serious enough not to already censor this government in advance. We are going to, I was going to say, give the product a chance (…) we cannot add chaos like you are doing”she said on the set of France 2, facing NFP officials. The motion could, however, be voted on beyond the benches of the left, by non-registered deputies, from the Liot group (independents) or even from the presidential camp, against a backdrop of growing disagreements with the new government.