Marginal survival of Macron – dismissal requests rejected

The French parliament rejected a multi-party motion of no confidence in the government.

Emmanuel Macron’s French government has narrowly escaped impeachment lawsuits against it, both from L’ute’s tiny centrist party and the far-right National Alert (RN) faction.

In practice, this means that the reform of the retirement system of the French president has passed, which prompted the people of the country to take to the streets, but without curbing the problems that arose because of it.

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At first, the motion to impeach the small centrist Lyot was rejected, because he had failed to gather the required majority. The multi-party motion, which he submitted, fell short of the required 287 votes, having received 278 favorable votes.

A second motion of censure by the Marín party was then rejected, and received less support from the deputies of the other parties, having declared from the outset that they had no intention of voting for it.

The motions of no confidence were filed after the French president bypassed the National Assembly to pass the pension reform, which raised the minimum age from 64 to 62.

And according to Reuters, despite the failure of the two no-confidence motions, Macron’s failure to secure enough support in parliament to put his pension reform to a vote has undermined his reform agenda and weakened his leadership.

Indeed, analysts believe that the continuation of social protests, which is a sure bet, will have a negative impact on the French economy.

Already next Thursday, a 24-hour strike is scheduled throughout the country.

The election

The above is confirmed by the Elabe poll, which showed that two-thirds of the French people want to bring down the government, which highlights the challenges facing the French president.

Previous polls show his personal popularity has fallen to the lowest level since the yellow vests took to the streets of France in 2018-2019, an uprising that began as a popular protest movement against diesel tax hikes but quickly morphed into a broader revolt against the French. president.

“All this crisis shows that there is a Francis out there,” veteran commentator Alain Duhamel said recently, according to a BBC.