The leader of the far-right National Alarm Marine Le Pen announced today that he will file a motion of impeachment against the government, after the approval, without a vote by the National Assembly, of his reform pension system.
“This is the fully confirmed failure” of President Emmanuel Macron, Le Pen said, considering that the situation that has developed constitutes “political crisis».
The National Alarm has 88 deputies in the National Assembly.
In the meantime, new mobilizations were announced by the general secretary of the CFDT trade union, Laurent Berger, denouncing the “democratic deficit”. “Obviously there will be new mobilizations, because the reaction is very big, we have huge reactions from the unions. We will all decide together”, he added speaking to French Agency and relays the Athens News Agency.
Republicans do not support the impeachment motion against the government
The Republicans, the party of the French traditional right, will not support any motion of censure against the government thaty will be filed by the extreme right or the extreme left, announced the president of the party Eric Cioti.
This fact means that the government of President Emmanuel Macronn will be able to continue the pension reform.
After Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne announced that her government would invoke Article 49.3 of the Constitution to pass the reform without a vote in the National Assembly, the leaders of the Insubordinate Left and the far-right National Alarm said they would table a motion of impeachment against government.
Youth march to the National Assembly
About 1,500 young people are marching to the French National Assembly in Paris, protesting the approval, without a vote but by presidential decree, of the pension reform.
Shouting slogans like “Manu, Manu, with 49.3 or not, we don’t want your reform” the “The National Assembly can vote, the street will repeal it» (s.s. the reform) the demonstrators started from the area where the Sorbonne University is located, as reported by an AFP journalist.
Representatives of many youth organizations participated in the mobilization. “The goal is to go all the way to the National Assembly so that the voice of the young can be heard“, said Eleanor Schmidt, the representative of the movement. For Matis Avershenk, 23, a member of the far-left NPA organization, “the government intends to pass (the reform) by force. Whatever is done in Parliament, the street can and will overturn it.”
Minutes before the National Assembly session was to begin, the cabinet convened and gave the government the go-ahead to invoke Article 49.3 of the Constitution, which allows a bill to be passed without a vote.
Until today, President Emmanuel Macron hinted that he did not want to invoke this article and preferred to leave the reform to the judgment of the parliamentarians, although the governing coalition does not have an absolute majority in the National Assembly and would need to rely on the votes of the parliamentarians of the traditional right, the Republicans.
Elizabeth Bourne: Pension reform will be approved by presidential decree, not a vote in the National Assembly
The French government has decided to trigger a special constitutional process and skip a vote on pension reform scheduled for this afternoon in the National Assembly, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced amid boos.
Invoking Article 49.3 of the Constitution ensures that the bill raising the retirement age to 64 will be passed. But at the same time it shows that President Emmanuel Macron and his government have failed to gather the required support in the National Assembly.
“The prime minister (…) is doing this because she is convinced that this reform is necessary to secure the future of the pension systems”, said one of her associates.
When Bourne arrived in the National Assembly chamber and attempted to read a statement, left-wing MPs began singing the national anthem, booed her and held up placards reading “No to 64” – the bill’s retirement age.
Bourne confirmed that the government will use the special procedure, triggering Article 49.3 of the Constitution which provides for the adoption of the bill by presidential decree. He justified this decision by saying that “we cannot gamble with the future of our pensions and this reform is necessary”.
Immediately after, the opposition MPs left the room and the meeting ended.
“This government is not worthy of the Fifth Republic, the French republic. Until the end, the parliament was ridiculed, humiliated,” said Fabian Roussel, the head of the Communist Party.
Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure earlier told Reuters that invoking the article could spark “uncontrollable anger“, after many weeks of strikes and mobilizations against the bill.
Opposition parties could table a motion of no confidence against the government, but it is unlikely to pass since most conservative MPs would support it in such a case.
Source: News Beast
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