The neoliberal movement comes as Prime Minister Michel Barnier attempts to force austerity measures through without a vote and Marine Le Pen's National Assembly confirms it will work with the left on a no-confidence motion. The French government is likely to collapse this week. Parliament.
After weeks of negotiations, Prime Minister Michel Barnier turned to a loophole in the controversial law found in Article 49(3) of the French constitution. This provision allows the government to pass substantial cuts to social security benefits without a vote in parliament.
Mr Barnier, a former Brexit negotiator, was elected in September after parliament was split into three parties following President Macron's disastrous decision to dissolve parliamentary elections in July following his loss to Marine Le. He was appointed to the Hôtel Matignon as Prime Minister by President Emmanuel Macron. The National Party (RN), led by Penn, will be running in June's EU elections.
Centrist Establishment République politicians are pitched as a steady hand to steer the French state through deep domestic political rifts and a looming debt crisis that threatens to cut EU funding if fiscal reforms are not implemented. It was. Barnier's controversial budget calls for a total of 60 billion euros ($63 billion) in tax increases and spending cuts.
Barnier attended parliament at the Bourbon Palace on Monday. said around le figaro The Prime Minister said the talks had “reached a conclusion” and would look to apply Article 49(3) to force measures to delay the inflation adjustment of social security payments to the elderly. The government claims this measure will save the country. 4 billion euros, but opponents say it will place an unfair burden on older people.
Shortly after Barnier's statement, Mathilde Panault, leader of the far-left party La France Insemeise, the mainstay of the left-wing New Popular Front (NFP) political alliance, announced steps condemning the government.
The left had been trying to overthrow the government for months and claiming they were the winners of the election, but this time Le Pen's faction joined them and they voted no. The vote was almost certain. Confidence measurement is successful.
“There is no way out for a government that refuses to take into account the social emergency at the end of the month and reconnects with the threads of macroism, which ignores the need to restart growth,” said Jordan Bardera, president of the National Assembly.
“The national assembly will pass a resolution of censure.”
Marine Le Pen said the party has filed a no-confidence action over Barnier's decision to cross the RN's “red line” by refusing to take into account the will of 11 million voters at the National Rally. and said he would support other policies. Motion for censure.
If the no-confidence vote is successful, it could take place as early as Wednesday, making it the first time in 60 years that a prime minister has been removed in this way in France, since then-Prime Minister Georges under Charles de Gaulle. That's it for the first time. Pompidou was forced out in October 1962.
The move threatens to throw France's political and financial system into complete turmoil. French President Emmanuel Macron is prohibited by the constitution from calling for new parliamentary elections until June next year, leaving the Elysée Palace with limited options if Barnier's government collapses.
Macron could theoretically decide to reinstate Barnier as prime minister, but unless a new compromise is struck with either the left-wing New Popular Front or Le Pen's National Rally, the government will effectively remain in parliament. It would be paralyzing.
Alternatively, Mr. Macron could seek to form a technocratic government made up of purported “experts” and apolitical government officials. While such a model was introduced several times in Italy during the debt crisis, a technocratic government had never been tried in France.
Meanwhile, the move to criticize the government is also likely to prevent the country from passing next year's budget. In theory, emergency legislation could be passed for the 2025 budget, but it would only allow the government to carry forward spending and tax allowances from this year, delaying its response to the debt crisis once again and risking France being downgraded. This means that you may be exposed.
