Posted Sep 29, 2022, 10:32 AMUpdated Sep 29, 2022, 3:48 PM
Emmanuel Macron, who brought together the leaders of the majority on Wednesday evening on the thorny issue of pensions, does not rule out dissolving the National Assembly in the event of a vote of a motion of censure against the government, explained one guests at the “Echos”.
A hypothesis confirmed this Thursday morning by Olivier Dussopt. “If all the oppositions came together to adopt a motion of censure and bring down the government, he (the President of the Republic, editor’s note) would leave it to the French and the French would decide and say what is the new majority they want. “, affirmed on LCI the Minister of Labor, responsible for initiating new consultations on pensions from next week. ” And obviously […] we would be campaigning for the president to be comforted,” he added.
“Everyone has a share of responsibility”
What put some pressure on all the troops. “The Socialists will have to go back to the voters by explaining why they made the Touraine reform ten years ago and are now opposing it. The same for the LRs, who vote each year in the Senate for an amendment not very far from what we want to do and have defended a pension reform in the presidential election, analyzes a guest. Emmanuel Macron believes that the French have sent a message to the legislative elections, it must be heard: everyone has a share of responsibility. »
The executive has decided to stall on its criticized pension reform, reopening a new round of consultations with social partners and political forces with a view to adopting a comprehensive bill “before the end of winter”, Elisabeth Borne told AFP on Thursday. She recalled that the pension reform was to come into force “in the summer of 2023”.
A dedicated bill, however, presents a risk for the executive, which only has a relative majority in the Assembly. He could force him to draw Article 49.3 of the Constitution, which allows the adoption of a text without a vote except for a motion of censure, but can only be used once per parliamentary session.
On the other hand, the government can use this weapon of 49.3 at will on the budgetary texts, which are the social security financing bills (PLFSS). “The 49.3 is a constitutional tool which makes it possible to overcome blockages, obstructions, which exposes the government to a motion of censure”, recalled Olivier Dussopt.
But “if I say that we want consultation with both the social partners and the parliamentary groups, it is because at no time have we given up on creating the conditions for a majority, for convergence, on the system retirement,” he said.
“Chick! “, ” When you want ! »
On the threat of dissolution, a reaction was not long in coming: “Chiche! “, tweeted for the RN Marine Le Pen, now at the head of a far-right group in the Assembly with 89 deputies. “On pensions, already dreads a close friend of Emmanuel Macron, she will thoroughly play the popular electorate against any reform. »
Camp Mélenchon also responded to Emmanuel Macron. “When you want: the Nupes is ready to defeat you! “, tweeted Mathilde Panot, the president of the LFI group in the Assembly, who has, “until then”, given “meeting in the street” with the demonstration “against the high cost of living and climate inaction” , organized on October 16 by a part of the left.
