Alexis Delafontaine 09:47, March 20, 2023

The authorities expect excesses after the debate around the motions of censure that will begin at 16 pm in the National Assembly. This is the continuation of the procedure related to the 49-3. Two texts will be put to the vote this afternoon, one from the National Rally and the other transpartisan, presented by the independent group Liot and co-signed by elected representatives of the Nupes.

Liot: Freedoms, independents, overseas and territories. This transpartisan group of 20 MPs should give some cold sweat to the government of Elisabeth Borne, after tabling a motion of censure that will be voted on Monday, March 20. However, the challenge could be complicated because Eric Ciotti, the boss of the Republicans, has announced that the LR deputies will not vote for this motion of censure.

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So, to continue the fight, 252 left-wing parliamentarians tabled a referendum of shared initiative. The communist deputy Stéphane Peu, at the origin of this referendum of shared initiative, justifies himself: "To have an additional string to the bow of social mobilizations against the pension reform. That is the first objective, to delay the promulgation and obtain the 4.8 million signatures that will oblige the President of the Republic to seek the opinion of the French people by way of referendum."

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The ambition will be to gain time. Indeed, if the referendum of shared initiative is validated by the Constitutional Council, then the pension reform will be blocked for nine months. An important delay that could allow the opposition to obtain a maximum of signatures, but above all gain time to try to amplify the social protest and hope to make the government back down.