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These were the first motions of censure presented in the French National Assembly against the government, led by Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, since the victory of Macron in the presidential election of 2017.
Although not advancing, a result already expected since the party Macron, the Republic in March (LREM), has a large majority in the House The debate in the House of Commons Opposition created a forum to criticize the executive and its administration.
The scandal that began on July 18, when the newspaper Le Monde published a video showing Alexander Benalla attacking two protesters during a demonstration in Paris
Benalla was Macron's security during the election campaign and after the victory in the polls was contracted by the Elysee, seat of the presidency, where he was one of the most loyal collaborators of the president until the outbreak of the scandal that l & rsquo; Forced to resign
"This scandal is that of a head of state who protects, (19659006) This case" will leave deep traces: political and moral traits for the head of the State and Institutional Aspects in the Organization of Public Authorities "
The President of the Communists, André Chbadaigne, believes that" the Macron-Benalla affair has shed light on the reality of the In his reply, Édouard Philippe deplores "an instrumen political determination "and a" desire to reach "the head of state through this affair and the presentation of
The first motion of the LR was pbaded by 143 deputies, and that of the left by 74. To overthrow a government, one needs 289 votes.
"Your motions of censorship are nothing more than motions
Edouard Philippe also referred to" the hope "of the opposition to" slow down the pace of transformation of the country. " 19659004] Before the vote, the leader of the far left, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who joined the Socialists and Communists to obtain the 58 signatures necessary to present his motion, stressed that "the motion will not solve everything. , but it will at least restore the republican order. "
LR also denounced serious problems in the" operation of our institutions … at the highest levels of the state ", with reference to the presumed efforts of the presidency to conceal the excesses of Macron's man of confidence
Emmanuel Macron broke the silence this week and took responsibility for "the Benalla affair", but l & # 39; did during an act in which only the deputies of his party were present. 19659004] In the following days, trying to overcome the scandal, he downplayed the case and stated that,
In the history of the Fifth French Republic, created in 1958, only a motion of censure was voted in 1962 and overthrew the government of Georges Pompidou.
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