The National Assembly of France rejects two motions of censure against the Government of Borne

Oct. 31 () –

The French National Assembly has rejected on Monday two motions of censure presented by France Insumisa and Agrupación Nacional for the Social Security budget proposed by the Government of the Prime Minister, Élisabeth Borne.

The motion of censure by France Insumisa, presented alone without its usual partners, such as the Greens, and without the support of the left-wing coalition, Nupes, has managed to garner 218 votes in favor, but has not passed the approval of the Chamber despite to the support of the National Group, whose proposal to oust the French Government has accumulated 90 supports.

Consequently, the Social Security budget has been approved on first reading in the Chamber. It will be examined in the Senate from Wednesday in committee, and next Monday, November 7 in session, according to the TF1 television channel.

Borne has criticized the motion of censure from the left, alleging that France Insumisa, led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, “continues to live in an alternative country”, while the Agrupación Nacional, led by the far-right Marine le Pen, has indicated that its “ideological foundations have not changed in 50 years”.

“What he wants is discord at the cost of an unnatural alliance with the Nupes (New Popular Ecological and Social Union). I can’t imagine for a moment how they can govern together, but they have sadly common arguments,” he stressed.

The motions of censure, which take place after two proposals to unseat the Government failed again last week, have been carried out in response to the decision of the Executive to take advantage of article 49.3 of the Constitution, which allows approval without a vote on a bill on finances, to give the ‘green light’ to the first part of the 2023 state budget.

With Macron in the Elysee, the Government already resorted to 49.3 of the Constitution at the beginning of 2020, to carry out a controversial pension reform that, in the end, was suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the budget plan will go directly to the Senate.