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Prime Minister François Bayrou attended a debate on the censure motion filed by the deputies of rebellious France (LFI) against his government, in the National Assembly, on June 4, 2025.

Unsurprisingly, within the absence of the help of the Socialist Party (PS) and the National Rally (RN), the seventh censorship movement deposited by rebellious France (LFI) and the Ecologists towards François Bayrou was largely rejected by the National Assembly, Wednesday, June 4. The textual content solely collected 116 votes out of 289 essential to overthrow the federal government.

Left elected officers accused the federal government of “Maneuvers” Against the National Assembly, in reference to the prior rejection movement of the DUPLomb agricultural legislation adopted final week by the central block, and supported by the RN, to bypass the mass of amendments they’d deposited (1,500 for environmentalists and 800 per LFI). Invoking a “Obstruction”the deputies favorable to the legislation selected to reject the textual content themselves, to leap the meeting stage, permitting to speed up the legislative course of the textual content by sending it on to the joint joint committee.

On Wednesday, the examination of the censorship movement will particularly supply the sphere for a return match on a proposal for a closing agricultural legislation. “Almost a year ago that the result of the ballot boxes was flouted by the President of the Republic”launched the “rebellious” MP Mathilde Hignet from the gallery. She accused the federal government and its supporters of doing “Alliance once again with the extreme right on one of the most retrograde texts for our environment”.

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Reversal of “blockage” accusations

The environmental deputies, and a part of the GDR group (bringing collectively the elected communists and ultramarine) voted for, the deputy Sophie Taillian-Polian, denouncing a “Poison law”. The DUPLomb legislation notably has a measure of derogatory reintroduction of a neonicotinoid pesticide.

“The government is not at the origin of this text. He is not at the origin of his adoption. He is not at the origin of the motion of rejection, but he is guilty ”quipped from the gallery Mr. Bayrou, believing that “This is the first time that the National Assembly has been invited to vote against the National Assembly”.

More offensive then, the top of presidency then accused the “rebellious” of partaking in a “Methodical and constant, permanent tactics of obstruction, blocking, that is to say, in the end, immobility” in Parliament. Mr. Bayrou additionally defended the invoice, of which “Several measures are vital for our agriculture”.

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As for the Parliament, the Prime Minister referred to as to assessment their operation, and favor the examination of a number of legal guidelines on the similar time, that the deputies would then vote “During plenary session concentrated on half a day for example, as happened in the European Parliament”.

Threats of RN censorship returned to the finances

As anticipated, the RN has not supported the movement of censorship, which “Will have no results for the benefit of the French”in accordance with his vice-president Sébastien Chenu. “Your turn will come, Prime Minister, faster than the one you reserve for the French”nonetheless, he launched to Mr. Bayrou, accusing him, amongst different issues, of “Prepare a budgett [pour la France en 2026] without touching the taboo of immigration “.

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For the PS, MEMB Mélanie Thomin deplored an meeting “Gag” by ways on DUPLomb legislation. But “We do not want to vote a motion of censorship against parliament”she confirmed, when just one socialist elected official lastly voted for this movement.

Socialists refer a doable censorship to the results given by the federal government to the conclave on pensions. Thursday morning oppositions could have the chance to place the topic again on the desk, with a vote anticipated on a proposal for a communist decision which calls to return to the passage of the departure age to 64 years. It can be the primary actual voting on the topic within the hemicycle, however the textual content would haven’t any binding worth.

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