The context is such that it makes the formula clumsy.
In his interview with AFP last weekend, Emmanuel Macron saw fit to "
confirm (his) confidence
" in Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne.
A prerogative which, constitutionally, certainly belongs to the President of the Republic alone.
But which, from a more political point of view, appears to be slightly out of step with the physiognomy of the new National Assembly.
Because, despite the tradition, which wants the host of Matignon to generally submit to a vote of confidence in Parliament at the end of the general policy speech, the executive today has its eyes riveted on the exception .
That which consists in being able to do without one and/or the other of these optional stages, as the socialists Michel Rocard, Édith Cresson and Pierre Bérégovoy had done in their time, no more than Raymond Barre and even Pierre Messmer in 1972 by not seeking the approval of the Hemicycle.
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There is no decision making
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It's a…
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