Early on Saturday morning, the French Government introduced two new laws. movements of condemnation – there are already 20 in just 17 months of the legislature– because none of them could obtain the 289 votes needed to overthrow the Executive Council. Both had distant development options due to the tacit support of the classical right given by the Republicans (LR) to the administration of Élisabeth Borne. It is worth noting that in France, a motion of no confidence only served to oust an Executive, as no alternative candidate was presented to replace the deposed Executive.
This time, two texts failed in the National Assembly, one from the far-right National Aggregation (RN), which received 89 support, and the other from the far-left La Francia Insumisa (LFI), which added its allies and received 219 support. progressives.
The second and third entities with the most representation in the Parliament submitted the motions in response to the numerous applications of Article 49.3 of the Constitution by the Executive. This mechanism allows the Government to approve laws without having a quorum. of the French National Assembly.
Of all the motions passed by the Bornean Government, the one that came closest to success was the one on 20 March, immediately after the controversial pension reform was approved without a parliamentary vote. That day, a handful of LR MPs joined the left and the far right. The executive was saved by just nine votes.