Motion of censure rejected: “The Nupes Congress is officially over”, mocks Olivier Véran – Le Figaro

The government spokesperson deplored Monday “half a day which was not devoted to parliamentary debates”. If the very slight danger is averted, the macronie has reason to rejoice on this Monday evening. The motion of censure tabled by the Nupes in the National Assembly did not succeed: only 146 deputies out of the 289 required voted in favor. Far from the absolute majority necessary to bring down the government. If the executive does not have a full seat at the Palais Bourbon, it can at least be reassured that the opposition has not united against it. Once the vote passed, the government spokesman, Olivier Véran, welcomed in the room of the four columns, dedicated to journalists, the failure of the left. “The Nupes Congress is officially over. Everyone can be counted. (…). We will now be able to work”, mocks the one who is also Minister Delegate in charge of Democratic Renewal. The opportunity to put on his role as the executive’s counter-attacker. And therefore to scold the former LFI candidate at the Élysée Palace. To read also Bergé and Braun-Pivet, a new “axis” in the Assembly against the Élysée-Matignon couple While Jean-Luc Mélenchon built his entire strategy according to -presidential on a frontal opposition to Emmanuel Macron – to the point of projecting himself as the future prime minister during the legislative campaign -, Olivier Véran is ironic about “the three consecutive failures” of the leader of the Insoumis. “The first, during the presidential election. The second, during the legislative elections. And now, this form of internal ballot where he has not succeeded in bringing together even the number of deputies that the inter-group of Nupes (151, editor’s note) includes, “specifies, squeaking, the ephemeral minister delegate in charge of relations with Parliament in the first government of Elisabeth Borne. A situation which allows the government to point the finger at a form of strategy of blocking the left. And to give yourself the beautiful role. “It’s half a day that has not been devoted in this hemicycle to parliamentary debates at a time when the French are asking us to act for the climate emergency, for purchasing power…”, deplores Olivier Véran. Among the political groups, neither the right nor the RN wanted to be associated with the Nupes. Who wish, in fact, to adopt a reasoned and constructive position. In particular for the party of the nationalist right, which wants to appear as a formation of government.