the National Assembly rejects the motions of censure of LFI and the RN

The motion of La France insoumise, supported by the left and the far right, received 222 votes, far from the 289 needed to bring down the government of Gabriel Attal. That of the RN only gathered 89 votes.

Six days before the European elections, the National Assembly successively rejected two motions of censure, tabled by La France insoumise (LFI) and the National Rally (RN), Monday June 3. The two parties intended to denounce the country’s budgetary situation at a time when France has just suffered a downgrade of its sovereign rating by the S&P agency, from “AA” to “AA-“.

The LFI motion, supported by the left and the RN, received 222 votes, far from the absolute majority of 289 votes necessary to bring down the government of Gabriel Attal. That of the RN only gathered 89 votes. The two parties thus intended to protest against the government’s budget cuts of 10 billion euros by decree in February, without submitting a draft amending finance law to Parliament.

Above all, the exercise gave the political camps the opportunity to confront each other in the run-up to the June 9 vote. The Prime Minister criticized LFI and the RN “to loathe Europe” and to train “a community of interests serving instability” political and economic before the Europeans and the Olympic Games. Previously, LFI had accused the “macronism” to be in “bankruptcy”because of a “tax sabotage” favorable to “ultrarich”.

The National Rally attacked the Les Républicains (LR) deputies, accusing the right of not supporting these motions of censure and “save the head of Emmanuel Macron”. “LR must stop presenting themselves as opponents. They are now auxiliaries and even, for some, future allies”launched Marine Le Pen in front of the press.

From the podium, the head of the LR deputies, Olivier Marleix, brushed aside this criticism. “Obviously no one is fooled by the finality of these two motions a few days away” Europeans, he said, adding: “They are part of what General de Gaulle called the games, the poisons and the parliamentary delights.”