Macron survives the motion after a fierce debate and saves his controversial pension reform

The first of the two motions of censure promoted against the Government of Emmanuel Macron, presented by the LIOT group, has not obtained the necessary support to move forward. In this sense, only 278 deputies have voted in favour, which has left the proposal only nine votes away from being approved. The second motion, the one promoted by far-right Marine Le Pen, still has to be voted on. Both had been presented after the controversial approval, by the Macron government, of the pension reform that delays the retirement age to 64 years.

Currently, at least 287 parliamentarians to overthrow the Executive -half plus one-, out of a total of 573 seats (there are four vacant seats). Since the establishment of the V French Republic in 1958, only one motion of no confidence has been approved, that of 1962.

The most immediate future of the Government of France depended on what the 61 representatives of the center-right party ‘Los Republicanos’ voted on Monday. The direction of this formation opposes for the motion to go ahead, however, a group of wayward19 in total, have voted in favor of overthrowing the Macron government and its controversial pension reform.

[Francia vive una nueva noche de protestas que se salda con un total de 100 detenidos en todo el país]

The debate on the motion has passed between harsh accusations between members of the opposition and the Macron government. “They have resorted to all possible maneuvers to skip the parliamentary debate and move forward with their pension reform,” he said. charles decourson, centrist deputy. “They border on the denial of democracy,” he said Jean Paul Matteimember of the left-wing group MoDem.

“Has Emmanuel Macron learned nothing from the yellow vest crisis? Without respect for the French, the intermediate bodies and the social partners, nothing is possible,” he said. Olivier Marleixpresident of the Republicans.

[De Courson, el diputado que puede unir a Le Pen, izquierda y disidentes de la derecha contra Macron]

French Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, in charge of defending the Government’s position, has referred to the attitude of the opposition for some time to this party in his speech. “Songs, shouts, this is the show that some deputies staged last Thursday after the outbreak of violence, we have experienced anti-parliamentarism in all its facets,” he remarked. “The street is no more legitimate than the institutions,” he pointed out.

For five days, there have been protests throughout the country after the approval of the aforementioned pension reform that delays the retirement age. Only this weekend, according to official figures, close to 300 people were arrested in various cities of the country, such as Paris either lyons.

Meanwhile, the popularity of the French president has been at a minimum since he took office as president: only 28% of the electorate approves, he says efe.

As the time for the vote has approached, doubts have grown within the French Executive due to the fear of losing it. In fact, this morning, the French Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, recognized his “uncertainty”. “You have to be humble in front of a vote,” she said in an interview with the Bfmtv channel.