No risk taking.
Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne "
will not seek the confidence of parliamentarians
" this Wednesday, following her general policy statement before Parliament.
This was confirmed on Monday by government spokesman Olivier Véran after the first council of ministers of the new government.
Taking note of the fact that the presidential coalition only has a relative majority in the National Assembly, after "
an a priori count of the number of votes
", Olivier Véran affirms that he is not certain that "
the conditions of this confidence would have been reunited
".
“
There will be a general policy statement followed by debates, Wednesday at 3 p.m., but without a vote
”, specifies the government spokesperson, recalling that “
this is not a first
”.
This vote of confidence, provided for in article 49 of the Constitution, is in fact not compulsory.
It consists, for the newly formed government, in committing its responsibility to its program.
“
Trust cannot be decreed a priori
”
However, many prime ministers did not comply, such as Georges Pompidou, Michel Rocard or Edith Cresson.
Although she does not engage her responsibility in this way, it is nevertheless possible for the opposition to file a motion of censure against Élisabeth Borne.
This is what La France Insoumise has already announced.
If a majority of deputies vote for this motion, the government will be forced to resign.
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Olivier Véran, however, tempers this possibility by recalling that “
no opposition can, even by allying with another opposition, have a majority
”.
The current fragmentation of the National Assembly, if it does not allow Elisabeth Borne to ensure the confidence of a majority of parliamentarians, should prevent the opposition groups from succeeding in overthrowing the government.
After this declaration of general policy, the government will however have to deal with parliamentarians in order to have its texts voted on.
"
Trust cannot be decreed a priori, it is built patiently, text after text
", predicts Olivier Véran.
