After the recourse to section 49.3, the members are firmly defending their record. Labour Minister Olivier Dussopt, central to the examination of the text, denied Friday the fact that the use the day before of article 49.3 to pass the pension reform is "a failure". "It would be a failure if there was no text, but there is a text", "it is not a failure", said the minister on RMC / BFMTV. He added that he would have preferred there to be a vote, sought by the executive "until the last minute".
Government spokesman Olivier Véran said Friday that the latter was "intended to continue governing". "There will be a vote," assured the minister on France Inter, referring to the motions of censure that will be tabled Friday by the opposition. On the future of Elisabeth Borne, he said he had "confidence" in her, "but my opinion does not count".
"The choice of the Prime Minister's method, that of consultation"
"The 49.3 is also a moment of loss of control by the government," analyzed the spokesman, "it is a moment when the National Assembly is totally sovereign to decide whether to give you confidence or to withdraw it from you so there is no alternative to the vote of the deputies."
On the future of Elisabeth Borne at Matignon, he said he had "confidence" in her, "but my opinion does not count". "The choice of the Prime Minister's method, which is that of consultation and the search for compromises etc., it is still a choice that has borne fruit in other texts," he said.
- Pension reform 2023
- Olivier Dussopt
- Olivier Véran
- National Assembly
- Elisabeth Borne