Pensions Conclave: La France Insoumise wants to submit a motion of censure next week

La France Insoumise wishes to submit a motion of censure against the government next week following the last meeting between social partners on pension reform , their national coordinator Manuel Bompard indicated on Wednesday, June 18.

"As long as this conclave does not result in the repeal of the pension reform, we will submit a motion of censure (...) If on Monday evening, its work ends without an agreement or with an agreement that does not include the repeal of the reform, we will have a motion of censure for the end of the week," Manuel Bompard declared on RTL.

Since a member of parliament cannot sign more than three motions of censure (excluding 49.3) per session, LFI will have to find the support of around twenty members of other groups to reach the required quorum of 58 signatories. This is unless it waits until the start of the extraordinary session of Parliament on July 1.

LFI will propose "to all those on the left who want to submit it with us to submit it together," indicated Manuel Bompard.

"We have already filed six motions of censure against François Bayrou's government. So far, the Socialist Party has not voted for any of them. So, if he changes his mind, I would be the first to be happy," he said ironically.

But to bring down the government, in addition to Socialist votes, the support of the National Rally (RN) would be needed, and the latter does not intend to censure the government before the summer. "Today we are obviously waiting for the budget; that's where everything will be proposed, probably at the start of the school year," its spokesperson, Laurent Jacobelli, declared on RMC.

Furthermore, Manuel Bompard has once again demanded an apology from the First Secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, for the comments made by MP Jérome Guedj about Jean-Luc Mélenchon, whom he described as an "anti-Semitic bastard."

If Olivier Faure "considers this type of talk to be a normal mode of relationship between left-wing political parties, everyone will understand that in this case, it is impossible to work with the Socialist Party. He should apologize because otherwise it means that this is the Socialist Party's line," Manuel Bompard said.