"We hope that those who were about to vote against this pension reform will vote for this motion of censure. As far as we are concerned, we will table a motion and we will vote on all the motions of censure that will be tabled," added the president of the National Rally (RN) group in the National Assembly, which has 88 deputies.

The unfortunate triple presidential candidate said that the use of 49.3 "is an admission of total failure for Emmanuel Macron", "a personal failure" of the President of the Republic, as much as an "extraordinary admission of weakness" of the government.

According to her, Elisabeth Borne "cannot stay" at Matignon. "She has to go. Staying would be seen as an additional slap in the face to the French people," Le Pen added, considering that the situation was one of a "political crisis".

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