The vote on Wednesday, December 4, is a vote of no confidence from Le Pen and the leftists
In just three months, Michel Barnier’s government could already fall. The government, backed by Republicans and liberals who report to President Macron, essentially survived thanks to the abstention of the Rassemblement Nationale (National Rally), which, however, has now submitted a vote of no confidence that will be debated on December 4 by the National Assembly.
It will be supported by leftist groups, which in turn have expressed a vote of no confidence and oppose a 2025 budget based on economic austerity, just like the National Rally.
Barnier took advantage of Article 49.3 of the French Constitution, which allows a law to be passed without a vote in the chamber, convinced that the restrictive measures adopted were necessary to balance the accounts: “The French will not forgive us if we put special interests before looking into the future of the nation; we have reached a moment of truth that puts everyone before their responsibility,” explained the Prime Minister, whose main objective was to reduce the huge French debt and avert a financial crisis.
The fate of the former EU commissioner seems sealed despite the fact that he has made some concessions to the opposition in the past few hours, stopping, for example, a controversial measure that would have raised electricity taxes. The final breakthrough came when Le Pen demanded that pensions be indexed.