In all likelihood, it will be a stab in the water. The motion of censure tabled by the New People’s Ecological and Social Union (Nupes) against the government of Elisabeth Borne will be debated and put to the vote on Monday, July 11, from 4 p.m., in the National Assembly. Its adoption is very unlikely, the National Rally (RN) and Les Républicains (LR) not supporting it.
“In the absence of a vote of confidence”which was not requested by the Prime Minister – who would not have been sure of obtaining it, for lack of an absolute majority in the Assembly –, “We have no choice but to submit this motion of no confidence”justify the “rebellious” parliamentary groups, socialist, environmentalist and communist, in their text, which they tabled just before Ms.me Terminal in front of the deputies, Wednesday July 6. They intend, thus, to put “each and everyone faces their responsibilities”explained the president of the deputies of LFI, Mathilde Panot.
Only one motion of censure adopted since 1958
The speaker from the LFI-Nupes group will speak first, before the government intervenes. Speakers from the other groups will then speak in turn for a total duration of approximately two and a half hours. The public ballot, organized in the rooms adjoining the Hemicycle, will then be open for thirty minutes.
Only Members in favor of the motion will participate. To bring down the government, it is necessary to gather the absolute majority not of the votes cast, but of the seats, that is to say 289, which seems very unlikely for lack of a rallying of the oppositions. The left alliance of Nupes brings together 151 deputies – one of whom did not sign the text of the motion, the socialist Dominique Potier.
The RN (89 deputies) and LR (62) groups have already made it known that they have no plans to associate their votes with those of the left. More than 100 motions of censure have been tabled since 1958, but only one was adopted, in 1962, which brought down the government of Georges Pompidou.