Tense, even explosive atmosphere, Tuesday evening at the National Assembly. Without much suspense or surprise, the deputies rejected the two censorship motions tabled by the right and the left in response to the 49-3 launched on Saturday by Édouard Philippe. "It was a triple first," loose Valérie Rabault on the set of "Talk Le Figaro " Wednesday.
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"It is the first time that it has been used to silence the opposition at first reading," said the president of the Socialist Group in the Assembly. It also ensures that for "the first time a text is voted in 49-3 without having been studied in its entirety, whether in the hemicycle or in committee, where we stopped at article 26 then that there remain 39, that is to say two thirds of the articles not seen only once ”, she protests. Finally, "this is the first time that a 49-3 is used on a text that concerns everyone," wants to highlight the member for Tarn-et-Garonne, echoing the remarks made by the Prime Minister on a customary left also of recourse to this article.
"Anxiety inducing"
Lucid about the outcome of Tuesday evening's vote, the Socialist deputies opted for the solution of a “six-handed” motion for a good cause, explains Valérie Rabault. As such, she recalls the position of her group: "It was very clearly said that a censure motion was intended to censor the government and that this could not be the start of the examination of the text on pensions, but the closure of a process if there was a need to close it. ”
If the socialists have signed, Rabault clarified that this joint motion has nothing to do with a possible rally on ideological considerations and that their motivation is far from that of the rebellious and communist groups. "When we make a motion of censure, we put our signature to be able to trigger the process, but everyone intervenes to carry the voice of his group," she said. And to remind elected officials LFI and PCF: "You have to be a little bit logical and not want to make a splash when there is no need to do it."
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Tuesday evening, in the gallery, Valérie Rabault challenged the majority, accusing them of having "fractured the country". Pounding that the subject of pensions "concerns everyone", she underlines the "anxiety" side. As such, she denounces the attitude of the government which, by launching the reform without having specific proposals, "added anxiety where there was no need to have it". "And that, frankly, it's incredible!" , curls the patron saint of PS deputies. Yet, "unlike others," she says she was not completely hostile to the reform. On the other hand, on the form, she firmly condemns the method: "We are in a total lack of preparation and an amateurism with a capital A."