The no-confidence motion tabled by the left-wing Nupes alliance against the government after its pension reform was rejected by the Assembly on Monday, winning only 239 votes out of the 289 needed. It was the 17th motion of censure tabled in the Assembly since the arrival of Elisabeth Borne at Matignon, who highlighted the “courage” of the government in the face of the “decibels” of the opposition and defending its record while the Reshuffle rumors are accelerating.
At the podium, the socialist Valérie Rabault carried the motion on Monday by placing herself on another ground. “What is at stake today […] is the possibility of putting an end to the discredit that the government is throwing on the National Assembly”, she judged, criticizing in a stormy atmosphere a “duplicity and “pressure” from the government of Elisabeth Borne during the pension crisis.
Elisabeth Borne, however, did not deny on Sunday that there could be a change of government team. “These issues are raised with the President of the Republic,” she said. A member of the Renaissance presidential party mentioned Monday the possibility of a reshuffle within two weeks, fueling the rumor machine. Either before the deadline of July 14 posed to Elisabeth Borne by Emmanuel Macron to roll out a roadmap intended to relaunch the action of the executive.
