“She had completely disappeared, the Prime Minister, we were on the verge of launching a search warrant, we found her yesterday”mocked the deputy La France insoumise (LFI) Manuel Bompard, Friday June 24 on franceinfo, the day after an interview with Elisabeth Borne on television.
The head of government began Thursday to meet with the presidents of the newly elected parliamentary groups at the Palais Bourbon. “It is positive because, normally, it is she who is in charge of the government and therefore it is she who is in charge of leading possible discussions with the parliamentary groups in the National Assembly to try to constitute a majority”judged the elected official of Bouches-du-Rhône.
However, the executive “totally reverse things” and “the roles“, according to him. Thus, “it is not up to the opposition groups to say that they agree to implement Emmanuel Macron’s program but to Mrs. Borne and Mr. Macron to say what are the points on which they are ready to moving forward, what is the roadmap they are trying to work on”.
“From this roadmap that they must work with possible partners, they come before the National Assembly, Ms. Borne presents her roadmap and there is a vote of confidence in the National Assembly”, he continued. At this moment, “we say yes, agree with this roadmap” Where “no, we do not agree with this roadmap”. The Prime Minister indicated Thursday on LCI that she “did not really decide” if she was going to ask for a vote of confidence at the end of her declaration of general policy before the deputies.
“Honestly, we are not going to tell stories, it is not with us that this roadmap will be put in place, everyone knows it”, warned Manuel Bompard.
“We have projects that are projects that are different, opposed, even if there may be points on which we can agree.”
Manuel Bompardat franceinfo
“If the government has decided to take up a proposal which is a strong proposal of our program, which is that of the price freeze on basic necessities, there is no reason for us to decide to vote against or that we no longer agree with [cette mesure] because the government took it back, but unfortunately, for now, I haven’t heard that”, he added.
Would he be ready to vote for a measure proposed by the government, like the 4% increase in basic pensions to get closer to inflation? “If we arrive with separate votes, me, everything that goes in the right direction, I agree with”he replied. “You know very well that in the end, you will probably end up with a text of law in which there are elements with which you agree, and others with which you disagree”. In this case, “you appreciate the global”. “I’m not going to vote for things I disagree with”he said.