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Marc Fesneau continues his challenge to the opposition:
We are in charge; it is now up to us to grasp it and find a cure, without discarding it. But past failures should call for modesty and work rather than comment and denunciation.
Hello Mickael,
It will take place after the speeches of the group presidents, from here about 1h or 1h30.
Marc Fesneau has words very hard to begin:
One day, those who will succeed us, will look at the period we lived in retrospect that we do not have yet, neither of them.
They will see how, a few days ago, an badembly caught fire, in the middle of a summer already too hot and probably in search of topicality. How a media system, political and – let us recognize the rather far from the preoccupations of the French – was able so much to go so far as to question him himself on what could justify it …
The word is to Mr. Marc Fesneau, of the Mouvement Démocrate (MoDem).
It begins with a thorough attack of journalists:
They will see how ignited a few days, an badembly in the heart of a summer already too hot and probably in research topical. How a media system, political and – let us recognize the rather far from the preoccupations of the French – was able to get so far as to question him himself about what could justify it …
Edouard Philippe believes that these motions of censorship are a way for the opposition to slow down the reforms of the government:
Much remains to be done. At the beginning, we have no intention of slowing down. Perhaps this is what worries you.
The Prime Minister continues by mentioning the reforms voted by the Parliament during this first year of mandate (reform of PDB, prevention tobacco and road safety, remains dependent, etc.):
We had a parliamentary year which allowed the vote of 41 essential texts to repair the country. I wish to thank here the parliamentary majority and its unfailing support for the reforms undertaken.
I am delighted that these votes have federated beyond the presidential majority.
He insists on "instrumentalization" which is made of the case:
Through this case, it is played out quite differently something that the search for the truth.
Political instrumentalization has made its work. There are now oppositions of meeting. You who pretend to fight you, here you are ready to vote the same text.
Fact check live: this last point is not a priori not quite true.
- The LR group decided on Tuesday not to vote the left-wing motion, because "we must not make alliances against nature," pleaded the MP for Ain Damien Abad.
- For their part, the "rebellious" will vote the right one.
- The socialists will not join their voices, the number one of the party explaining not wanting "to give the feeling that we could (…) together make common cause against the government, for replace him together. "
- The National Rally of Marine Le Pen will vote on the two motions.
Despite the fact that the commission of inquiry did not report (the Senate wishes indeed to continue the hearings in September), Edouard Philippe believes that the whole truth has already been made on the case:
The facts are clear, and no one can talk about some secret police and feed the conspiracy theories.
And to continue with a legal point:
A little moderation would sometimes be good, and would avoid a triple confusion harmful for all: confusion over the purpose of the commissions of inquiry by example, confusion between the judiciary and the investigative power of parliament, institutional confusion finally.
Edouard Philippe continues:
It is unacceptable, but what had to be done was.
One can gloss over the adequacy of the sanction indefinitely, but there has been a sanction.
Then, he continues his offensive against oppositions, referring in particular to the case Cahuzac (under Francois Hollande) and the affair of the polls of the Elysee (under Nicolas Sarkozy):
Democracy has worked. What a contrast with previous periods!
Edouard Philippe continues by withdrawing the political dimension of the case:
This big case called Benalla, it is the affair of a collaborator of the Elysee who left his Observer status by committing unacceptable acts
He failed in the duties of his office
This is the case of individual mistakes, insidious compromises, and small arrangements between a chargé de mission and police officers.
The Prime Minister begins his speech by directly attacking the holders of the two motions of censure, MM. Chbadaigne and Jacob:
I listened to you attentively, I heard you denounce, accuse, summon the specter of a state affair that you seem almost to wish for.
The floor is to Edouard Philippe, the Prime Minister.
Signed that this motion of censure is indeed a way to broaden the debate, André Chbadaigne launches into a vitriolic record of the first year of the Macron era:
The reality, it is that the majority in power leads the economic and social policy dreamed by the 500 biggest fortunes of France. And these unhappy people always want more, they are "crazy", "crazy" to have only doubled their "dough" in ten years. This policy, both amoral and inefficient, considerably worsens economic, social and territorial inequalities.
It seems that the two defenders of today's censorship motions have agreed to carry the same language element, turning the "Benalla scandal" into "Macron-Benalla affair":
Beyond this patent contempt for national representation, the serious dysfunctions of our institutions revealed by the "Macron-Benalla" case underline the threat posed by this autocratic drift to the rule of law. The clan spirit that animates the top of the state is contrary to the requirements of republican culture. It leads the executive to forget what Roger Caillois phrased so well: "All power comes from a discipline and is corrupted as soon as it is neglected."
André Chbadaigne does not spare the deputies of the majority, with a daring body metaphor:
What a mistake your posture, dear colleagues of the majority! What is terrible in your refusal to bring out the truth is that it makes you mere diggers, intestines silent mouth Elysian.
Again, the words are harsh on the Head of State, who is very clearly covered by the two motions:
"When the case was revealed, he responded after several days of silence with words whose insolence rivaled vulgarity (…) The credibility of the presidential speech is largely tainted. "
The deputies of France Insoumise applaud the speech of Christian Jacob, who states "it is not, my dear colleagues, a party affair, a matter of left or right, it is a matter of transparency."
The elected officials of Jean-Luc Mélenchon's party has also announced that they would vote the motion of censure of the right … which is not the case of the LR group. The latter decided on Tuesday not to vote the left-wing motion, because "we must not make alliances against nature," said the MP for Ain Damien Abad.
It is now Andre Chbadaigne to speak, to defend the motion of censure tabled by the left.
Christian Jacob completes his speech at once:
This is not, my dear colleagues, a party affair, a matter of left or right. It is a question of transparency, honor, integrity, ethics.
That is why my dear colleagues, on behalf of the Republicans, I ask you to censure the Government.
The intervention of Christian Jacob gives a foretaste of the debates that should accompany the project of constitutional revision:
To weaken the National Assembly, to attack bicameralism, to create constituencies of inhuman size, to introduce proportional voting that produces elected representatives would be dangerous constitutional changes
If so many members have risen for 10 days to say no, it is because we draw our strength from the proximity of our fellow citizens , that we are not party puppets.
An atrophied parliament, composed of deputies in the hands of the apparatuses, would be unable to play its role of rampart.
Know, Prime Minister, that we will not bow to this constitutional revision project that has been postponed and that you would be well advised to give up.
Hello Anne,
this is indeed the meaning that the Republic in motion would like to give to this probable non-adoption. Thus, the president of the Assembly François de Rugy (LREM), hopes that with these motions "we will close this business".
That being said, the opposition does not quite hear it that way. The chairman of the Senate Law Committee, Philippe Bas (The Republicans), also confirmed, at the end of the hearing of Mr. Castaner this morning, that the work of the commission of inquiry will continue in September, not excluding hearing the main protagonist of the case, Alexandre Benalla
The president of the group The Republicans now calls the prime minister, Edouard Philippe:
M. the Prime Minister, if you had come to explain to you during those four days that gave rise to the spectacle of a paralyzed, defeated and very absent majority, if you had accepted our requests for a debate under Article 50-1, we would not be here, facing each other this afternoon.
We have had no choice but to question the responsibility of your Government. To hear your answers to the many serious questions that the French are asking.
Unsurprisingly, Christian Jacob uses this motion of censure to plead for a reinforcement of the powers of the National Assembly, welcoming the parliamentary work carried out for ten days :
"The National Assembly is the first of the counter-powers
The parliamentary history of the Fifth Republic will retain that for four days, in the heart of July 2018, the Opposition, here in the Assembly, has lived up to its responsibilities
It will be remembered that, without the pugnacity of all the opposition groups, the commission of inquiry would not have come into being. 19659046] That without our determination, the hearings would have taken place behind closed doors.
That the members of Marche in the commission of inquiry appeared more claws than ever.
It is a very disappointing disappointment, the commission Laws and for our Assembly as a whole. "
Christian Jacob also takes the opportunity to charge the Minister of the Interior, Gerard Collomb: " The truth is that your Government, and especially your Minister of inside, have not had the guts to say stop to a terrible drift. "
The Minister of State is indeed one of the losers of this political crisis:
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The speech of the president of the group The Republicans is interspersed with applause … with diametrically opposed motives:
Challenged by the majority, Christian Jacob remains supported by his colleagues Republicans.
Christian Jacob does not hesitate to target Emmanuel Macron directly:
How was all this made possible? Why no one has dared to say stop to this scandal that is not the drift of a man, young, immature and impulsive.
This scandal is that of a head of state – he acknowledged – who protected, who privileged a man who rendered him services.
Christian Jacob returns on what he considers to show a system of "double standards," established at the highest summit of the State:
15 days of layoff. Realize, dear colleagues, 15 days of layoff, which we know today that they have never really been applied.
15 days suspension while the facts alleged against Mr. BENALLA would have, for a peacekeeper, led to a 6-month minimum function exclusion, and depending on the contextual elements, a pure and simple dismissal of the public servant.
In the beginning, there are therefore two weights, two measures. A regime of favors that was decided by Mr. Macron himself.
How do you expect that under these conditions, our police officers, our gendarmes, our officials trust the rigor of a Head of State who is guilty of such a denial of justice?
Christian Jacob, leader of the Republicans, has just spoken.
His party is the first party to draw his motion of censure last week.
Hello Joel,
you're right, let's get back to basics!
A motion of censure is – on paper – the parliamentary weapon that can overthrow the government. According to article 49, paragraph 2 of the 1958 Constitution, "the National Assembly questions the responsibility of the Government by the vote of a motion of censure" .
Precision " on paper " is important: in fact, the quasi-permanent existence, under the Fifth Republic, of a stable majority favorable to the action of the Government makes its adoption almost impossible.
So there is not much suspense about the outcome: neither LR with 103 deputies nor the left with 63 can, even by voting all for one another, gather the required majority of 289 votes which would bring down the government
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Program of the session:
Following these interventions – about fifteen minutes or so – Edouard Philippe will speak.
Then, the group presidents will express themselves: Marc Fesneau for the MoDem, Franck Riester for the UDI, Valérie Rabault for the New Left, Jean-Luc Mélenchon for La France unchallenged, Sébastien Chenu for non-subscribers, and Richard Ferrand for La République en marche .
The vote will take place at the end of these speeches.
The executive has been stuck for ten days in the Benalla case, which is at the heart of the censure motions filed by the right and the left. To understand everything about this scandal provoked by an ex-Elysée collaborator, do not hesitate to reread our infographic on the key characters of this file:
The Prime Minister will be besides very solicitous this afternoon:
Hello everyone, and welcome to this live where we will follow parliamentary speeches after the tabling of two motions of censure against the Philippe government.
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