Jean-Luc Mélenchon called on Tuesday Elisabeth Borne to submit to a vote of confidence by the deputies.
He assures that the head of government today has "no legitimacy" to govern, while Emmanuel Macron refused his resignation in the morning.
I call on Ms. Borne to submit to a vote of confidence by the deputies.
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— Jean-Luc Melenchon (@JLMelenchon) June 21, 2022
"Madam Prime Minister, you must come here and solicit the vote of the deputies to have confidence", declared Jean-Luc Mélenchon to the press from the National Assembly.
A little earlier in the afternoon, he had said: “This woman has no legitimacy, zero!
We are wasting our time, until she leaves.
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The main opposition parties will not vote for confidence
The vote of confidence is not obligatory for a new government, any more than a declaration of general policy.
But according to Guillaume Tusseau, professor at the Sciences-po law school, it remains "intuitively expected of the Prime Minister".
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the Insoumis but who is no longer a deputy, welcomed some 75 deputies from La France insoumise on Tuesday, while the majority of the 150 deputies of the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes) were also doing their arrived at the National Assembly.
The main opposition parties, including Les Républicains, have already said they will not vote for confidence in the government of Elisabeth Borne.
