It is a sequence denounced by the opposition: Thursday, Elisabeth Borne had recourse for the tenth time to 49-3, which makes it possible to pass a text without a vote by engaging the responsibility of the government.
“A disastrous record for our democracy”, regretted LFI deputy Caroline Fiat.
Elisabeth Borne does not hold the record for use of this article, a record held by Michel Rocard.
However, with ten uses, she is the second Prime Minister to have used it the most.
For the tenth time Thursday, Elisabeth Borne had recourse to article 49-3 of the Constitution.
It was a question of defending the draft budget for 2023. An appeal denounced by the opposition, starting with Caroline Fiat, LFI deputy and vice-president of the National Assembly, who denounced a “disastrous record”.
“In 55 days, Elisabeth Borne has resorted to article 49-3 for the tenth time, she recalled on Twitter on Thursday.
A disastrous record against our democracy, which it justifies by the motions of censure tabled.
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In 55 days, @Elisabeth_Borne has resorted to article 49-3 for the 10th time.
A disastrous record against our democracy, which it justifies by the #motiondecensure filed.
Has she forgotten, she the 1st Minister, that it is her 49-3 who engage the responsibility of the Government?
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— Caroline FIAT (@CarolineFiat54) December 15, 2022
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Elisabeth Borne is not the Prime Minister who had the most recourse to 49-3: it was Michel Rocard, who had recourse to it 28 times between 1988 and 1990, according to the site of the National Assembly.
Over a period of 55 days, taken as a reference by Caroline Fiat, here again Michel Rocard stands out, having used this article of the Constitution eleven times between November 17 and December 21, 1989. The Rocard government had a majority relative to the Assembly, like the government of Elisabeth Borne currently.
However, with ten uses, while she has only been appointed Prime Minister since May, she is already the second Prime Minister to have had the most use of it in the history of the Fifth Republic.
His predecessor, Jean Castex, with an absolute majority in the Assembly, had never used it, while Edouard Philippe had used it once between 2017 and 2020, to pass his bill on retreats.
Unlikely to pass a no-confidence motion
By appealing to this article, the Prime Minister engages the responsibility of her government so that the text under discussion in the Assembly is adopted.
His appeal “results in the immediate suspension of the discussion of the bill, notes the public life site.
The text is considered adopted, without being put to the vote, unless a motion of censure is tabled within 24 hours.
If the motion of censure is adopted, the text is not adopted and the government is overthrown.
A motion of censure, given the current composition of the Assembly, has very little chance of being passed.
To be so, it "must bring together the votes of the absolute majority of the members of the National Assembly, ie 289 votes", develops the public life site.
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Elisabeth Borne will not be able to use this article to pass all the texts that her government will defend.
Since 2008, it can only be used for social security finance or financing bills.
Apart from these examinations, this joker can only be used once per parliamentary session.
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