MPs reject the motion of censure tabled by the left against the government of Gabriel Attal

Unsurprisingly, the motion of censure tabled by the left against the government of Gabriel Attal was rejected in the National Assembly on Monday February 5. In total, 124 deputies voted in favor, far from the 289 votes needed to reach an absolute majority.

This motion was tabled jointly, on January 30, by the rebels, the socialists, the ecologists and the communists, who presented it as a motion of “no confidence”. The four left-wing groups criticize the head of government for not having requested a vote of confidence from the Assembly following his general policy speech.

Ironically using a formula from this speech, the coordinator of La France insoumise, Manuel Bompard, addressed Gabriel Attal by defending the motion: “You break the State, you leave. You challenge the Republic, you leave with your clique. You break Parliament, Parliament teaches you to respect it.” The Prime Minister accused left-wing groups of having filed “a preventive motion of censure, like a snub to any desire for dialogue”.