Will the new government of Elisabeth Borne be maintained? The New People’s Ecological and Social Union (Nupes) has tabled a motion of censure which must be put to the vote on Monday, July 11. Its adoption is very unlikely, since the RN and LR groups do not support it. The vote will be preceded by a debate, scheduled for 4 p.m. Follow the situation in our live.
Motion of censure considered as a demonstration of “defiance”. La Nupes tabled this motion just before Elisabeth Borne’s general policy speech. Mathilde Panot hopes to make a demonstration of “distrust” against the Prime Minister who does not have an absolute majority in the Assembly. L’Insoumise criticizes Elisabeth Borne for not having asked for a vote of confidence, a “strategy” from “run for your life”she had scolded at the podium.
The text must gather at least 289 votes. For the government to fall, an absolute majority of deputies must vote for this motion of censure. In other words, it must gather at least 289 votes. On their own, the groups La France insoumise, Socialists and allies, ecologist and Democratic and Republican Left (which includes the Communists) do not reach this threshold. The motion of censure, provided for by the Constitution, reached its target only once under the Fifth Republic.
This motion “will not succeed”, according to Olivier Véran. “Besides, this will be an opportunity for the Nupes to finally realize that they do not have a majority in the Assembly”, said the government spokesman on Sunday. He denounced a “postural motion” instead of the motion of censure. “We are reaching out, they want to turn their backs on us. I tell them that we will continue to reach out to them”he assured.