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The French government affirms that it does not intend to invoke Article 49.3 of the Constitution. He is immediately on the hunt for votes.

“We don’t want 49.3. We want to turn our supermajority into an absolute majority,” government spokesman Olivier Véran said on Sunday, along with head of government Elisabeth Borne and several ministers including Bruno Le Maire (economy), Olivier Dussopt (labour) and Gabriel Attel (public accounts).

“We hope there will be a positive vote for this speech,” he added.

But “we will not abandon our reform,” he said, suggesting that the application of 49.3 had not been completely ruled out. The National Assembly has to decide on the plan on Thursday.

Even if the constitutional tool is not used, the government may take legislative provisions this week to allow this option, in an ordinary or extraordinary cabinet, as a precaution, a government source said.

Yes from the Senate

The Prime Minister surged to the front after a vote in the right-wing-dominated Senate on Saturday evening, with 112 to 195 votes. He promised to put all his “energy” into it now. to vote”.

President Emmanuel Macron, for whom the reform is political capital, on the other hand remained in his presence on Sunday and did not comment on the adoption of the text in the Senate.

“There is a majority in Parliament” to vote for the reform, Elizabeth Bourne wants to believe, it was announced in the National Assembly on the brink of a very tight ballot, possibly on Thursday.

The government takes its calculator and hopes to get enough votes from Republicans, however, to avoid using a tool perceived as autocratic. If it thinks it does not have a majority on a text, the government can accept it without a vote, but exposes itself to the risk of a censure motion.

After a three-day adjournment, parliamentary debates will resume on Wednesday, with a Joint Joint Committee (CMP) convened to coincide with an eighth day of anti-reform protests.

“Caution”

At this meeting, seven representatives and seven senators will try to agree on a compromise text. The government is not there, but it can pull the strings.

If an agreement is reached, the text will go back to the Senate on Thursday for final vetting and then, in perhaps the greatest suspense, to the National Assembly.

According to a source in the administration, Matignon is expected to unite parliamentarians from the relevant majority on Monday to prepare for a conference dominated by Macronists and the right.

Patrick Kanner, leader of Socialist senators, told the RMC that claiming a majority in parliament was “the Coove method”.

He pointed out that 50 votes were missing from the right and centrist group in the Senate to vote for the reform, “a significant caveat”, according to him.

Given the “unprecedented” level of opposition to the reform, CFDT boss Laurent Berger warned that 49.3 “will be a form of democratic subversion”.

Union leader warns against “very deep resentment” embracing reform could raise in world of work, saying Emmanuel Macron’s refusal to seek inter-union recognition looks like “incredible respect for social democracy”. .

“small edge”

The government’s update on Sunday also echoes the positions of several Majority Leaders.

The arguments against were “very strong”, the Grand Jury ruled RTL / Le Figaro / LCI as the boss of MoDem François Bayrou, “although there was a small difference” to unite the majority of representatives.

Stéphane Séjourné, leader of the Renaissance Presidential Party, is not in favor of 49.3 and estimates in the Journal du Dimanche (JDD) that the reform “can and should gain a majority”, calling on “responsible” Republicans to vote. .

But “in the end, if there is a concern” the government “must use it”, advised the boss of the senators LR Bruno Retailio in Grand Rendez-Vous Europe 1 / Les Echos / CNews.

The administration puts all its faith in Les Républicains, although it is particularly divided in the legislature, where slingers play a predatory game.

Now “the Senate’s LRs must agree with the Assembly’s LRs” sums up the government evidence.

At this stage, 30 to 35 LR delegates plan to vote for the text, about fifteen to oppose it, and about ten to vote against it, an inside source said.

The agreement between the majority Renaissance, MoDem and Horizons groups is not good. A dozen or so delegates from the three groups abstained, according to AFP’s latest tallies. The call for mobilization launched from Matignon on Sunday is also addressed to them.

This article was published automatically. Sources: ats / afp