Elisabeth Borne will not take any risks.
For Emmanuel Macron's second term, the Prime Minister is expected at the National Assembly on Tuesday July 5 to deliver her general policy speech.
The appointment is now recorded, as published in the Official Journal of June 28.
The vote of confidence, optional but of republican tradition, is on the other hand not mentioned.
Which means that the head of government will not submit to the exercise.
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The oppositions, however, summoned her to comply.
For several days, the left - Jean-Luc Mélenchon in particular - hammered in the media the need to organize this vote of confidence, supposed to give impetus to the government, or lead to the resignation of the latter.
In the history of the Fifth Republic, all prime ministers have forced themselves to do so, with the exception of Michel Rocard, Edith Cresson and Pierre Bérégovoy, in office during a period of relative majority.
Lucid, Elisabeth Borne therefore finally chose not to put her job at stake. The outcome was indeed little in doubt, since most opponents had already made it known that they would not place their trust in her.
