French government faces no-confidence vote on Wednesday | France
French government faces no-confidence vote on Wednesday | France
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Bu içerikte, Fransız hükümetinin bu hafta sonunda düşme ihtimalinin olduğu ve sol ve aşırı sağ partilerin hükümete güvensizlik oyları sunduğu belirtilmektedir. Eğer milletvekilleri tarafından kabul edilirse, bu oyların Çarşamba günü ulusal mecliste oylamaya sunulacağı ve hükümetin düşürüleceği ve sadece iki buçuk ay sonra Başbakan Michel Barnier’in istifasının isteneceği ifade edilmektedir. Sol kanattan oluşan Yeni Halk Cephesi (NFP) ve aşırı sağ Ulusal Cephe (RN) tarafından sunulan güvensizlik oyları, hükümeti devirmek için yeterli sayıda milletvekiline sahiptir. Bu durum Fransa’da 1962’den bu yana bir hükümetin bu şekilde devrileceği ilk kez olacaktır. Michel Barnier’in son dakikada RN ile yaptığı müzakerelerden sonra krizi önlemek amacıyla bazı tavizler verdiği belirtilmektedir. Eğer güvensizlik oyu Çarşamba günü kabul edilirse, Barnier istifasını sunmak zorunda kalacak ancak o ve bakanları, Macron’un yeni bir hükümet açıklaması yapana kadar geçici bir yönetimde kalabilir. Bu politik krizin sebebinin, Macron’un Haziran ayında erkene alınan seçim sonucu oluşan bölünmüş parlamento ve hükümetin artan kamu açığını ele alma çabası olduğu vurgulanmaktadır.
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The French government appears likely to fall later this week after leftwing and far-right parties lodged motions of no confidence in the government.
If passed by MPs, the motions, which will be put to a vote in the national assembly on Wednesday, will bring down the government and force the resignation of the prime minister, Michel Barnier, after only two and a half months.
The New Popular Front (NFP), a leftwing coalition that includes the Socialists, Greens, hard left and Communist party, had already warned it would put forward a motion to censure the government if it forced through a belt-tightening social security budget without a vote.
But after Barnier used the controversial “49.3” constitutional clause to push through the legislation, Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Rally (RN) increased the pressure on his government by announcing that her party was lodging a second no-confidence motion.
Together, the NFP and the RN have enough MPs to topple the government – the first time a French government has been dispatched in such a way since 1962.
In an attempt to head off a crisis, Barnier had made last-minute concessions to the RN. After speaking to Le Pen, Barnier said on Monday that there would be no change to medication reimbursements in 2025, contrary to original plans.
Addressing the lower house, Barnier said he had consulted all parliamentary groups but numerous constraints on the country required a reduction in the public deficit.
“I respect the culture of compromise. There have been numerous hours of work to enrich this text … it has had multiple evolutions,” he said.
He told MPs they faced “a moment of truth”. “It means everyone facing up to their responsibilities. The French will not forgive you if you support particular (political) interests above the future of the nation,” he said.
“Everyone must take responsibility for their actions and I take mine.”
Le Pen, head of the RN parliamentary group, accused Barnier, who was appointed prime minister by President Emmanuel Macron in September, of not keeping his promise to listen to political groups opposed to the budget bill.
“He turned to the RN a week ago and we repeated our red lines. We haven’t pulled these red lines out of a hat for our pleasure. It is unfair for the French people to pay the consequences of the incompetence of Emmanuel Macron over the last seven years. To punish the French for what they are not responsible but their leaders are is not possible,” she said.
Le Pen added: “There are other ways of addressing the already high deficit. We have made proposals. The government did not want to budge. Michel Barnier said he was facing up to his responsibility. We are facing up to ours.”
Marine Le Pen: ’It is unfair for the French people to pay the consequences of the incompetence of Emmanuel Macron over the last seven years.’ Photograph: Michel Euler/AP
Mathilde Panot, an MP for the hard-left Unbowed France (LFI) said of the no-confidence motion: “We can bring down Mr Barnier and this budget.” She described the government’s last-minute discussions with the far right as “haggling” and said “it’s all a trick”. She blamed Macron for plunging the country into chaos.
If the no-confidence motion is carried on Wednesday, Barnier will be forced to offer his resignation, but he and his ministers could remain in a caretaker administration until Macron announces a new government.
Macron could ask parties to seek a new coalition majority or appoint a strictly technocratic government, bringing in people from outside political circles to administer the country until new legislative elections can be held in the summer. No general election can take place within 12 months of the previous vote.
Last week, Barnier, the EU’s former Brexit negotiator, said a no-confidence vote would spark a “big storm and very serious turbulence on the financial markets”.
France has been heading towards this political crisis since Macron called a snap election in June that left parliament divided into three roughly equal political factions – left, centre and far right – but none of which has an absolute majority.
The standoff was caused by the government seeking to tackle France’s growing public deficit through €60bn (£50bn) in tax increases and spending cuts in its 2025 budget.
If the censure motion is successful, it would be only the second time a French government has been brought down since 1958, when the fifth republic was formed. Georges Pompidou’s government was the last to be torpedoed in such a manner in 1962, when Charles de Gaulle was president.
French government faces no-confidence vote on Wednesday | France
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