“My God, keep me from my friends; as for my enemies, I will take care of them. » François Bayrou will perhaps have the opportunity to meditate on this sentence from Voltaire in the coming weeks. The Prime Minister, who has been trying to negotiate the conditions for non-censorship with the left since his arrival … Read more
Michel Barnier has not closed the door to politics. To make it clear, the former Prime Minister even broke his silence on Tuesday. On this occasion, he promised to devote himself to “bringing to life the spirit” of the common base, which brought together the right and the center when he was at Matignon. “This … Read more
The storm continues to brew between LFI and PS, against a backdrop of non-vote on the censorship of the Bayrou government by the rose party. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who accuses the Socialists of “failure” after their refusal to censor the government on Thursday, “is not the leader of the New Popular Front”, underlines the first secretary … Read more
A moment was decisive, Thursday January 16, during the debate on the motion of censure defended by the “Insoumis”, communists and ecologists. It was when Olivier Faure, first secretary of the Socialist Party (PS), turned to the deputies of La France insoumise (LFI) who were protesting against his reasons for not voting for it, after … Read more
First obstacle overcome by François Bayrou: the motion of censure tabled by the rebels, the communists and the ecologists was not adopted, Thursday January 16, 2025. Out of 575 deputies (two vacant seats), 131 voted for it, much less that the absolute majority necessary to overthrow the government (288). If the National Rally had indicated … Read more
They waited until the last minute to decide. Shortly before 3 p.m., after yet another meeting and much hesitation, the socialist deputies decided that they would not vote to censure the government this Thursday afternoon. Olivier Faure and his troops were not present in the hemicycle when Manuel Bompard (LFI) defended from the podium the … Read more
“Another path is emerging,” judged François Bayrou, after having obtained a fragile alliance with the Socialist Party, which threatened to pass a motion of censure against his government. As it has done regularly since 2022, the National Assembly examined Thursday, in a sparse hemicycle, the first motion of censure tabled against the Bayrou government, at … Read more
► Braun-Pivet calls for the responsibility of socialists To the socialists, “I tell them act responsibly (…) If the government is overthrown, no Mayotte emergency law, no law for our farmers”launched the President of the National Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet (Renaissance) invited Thursday January 16 on TF1. If the government falls today that means: no budget, … Read more
Present during the day at the Assembly, Olivier Faure then said on TF1 that he saw François Bayrou’s proposal on pensions as “a given”. But “the account is not there”, he added, refusing that in the event of a lack of agreement between the social partners, there would be a “return” to the ultra-contested law … Read more
Did you miss the news this morning? We have put together a summary to help you see things more clearly. Will François Bayrou find the right political mix to avoid receiving a red card from the National Assembly from the outset? To be able to answer yes to this question, the Prime Minister is continuing … Read more