The political and social context is tense in France. The government decided on Thursday to go into force by releasing 49.3 on the subject of pension reform. The deputies therefore did not vote for the text. In the wake of this decision, several representatives of political groups have already announced that they want to table motions of censure in order to block this reform.
The framework is well defined for these motions to be tabled and voted on. Initially, the motion or motions of censure must be tabled within 24 hours, after the activation of 49.3 by a minimum of 10% of the deputies, i.e. 57 in the National Assembly. They must therefore arrive this Friday, before 3:20 p.m.
The latter is then debated within 48 hours of filing. In the end, to be adopted, the motion of censure must collect at least 287 votes, that is to say an absolute majority. But this has not yet been done since several motions have been tabled by two different groups.
Which groups filed a motion?
As expected, the Liot group (Freedoms, Independents, Overseas and Territories) composed of 20 centrist deputies, tabled a motion of censure with 91 signatures from 5 opposition political groups. It is the one that has the best chance of succeeding because it comes from a centrist group.
After the announcement of the filing of a motion of censure by the Liot deputies, the Nupes confirms in a press release that it is associated with it. “Today, we are tabling a cross-partisan motion of censure, which will be carried by Charles de Courson (…)”.
For its part, the National Rally also filed a motion, this Friday, within the authorized time limit so it will be examined. But it has much less chance of being voted by a majority of MPs. However, Thursday, Sébastien Chenu, spokesman for the RN, said that the deputies of the group would also vote on the other motions tabled.
They are therefore the only two groups to have tabled a motion in time. If one of them is adopted, this could have two major consequences, on the one hand the rejection of the text of the pension reform and the resignation of Elisabeth Borne and de facto, the overthrow of the government.