By Daniel Vincent, Vincent Matalon
The left through another crisis. Faced with the risk of the project Macron law rejected by the National Assembly, Manuel Valls had use of last minute Article 49.3 of the Constitution to adopt the text, Tuesday, February 17. The law for the growth and activity will be considered as adopted on first reading if a motion of censure does not overthrow the government. This passage in the Premier force, through the commitment of the responsibility of his government, is the epilogue of a day of extreme tension for the whole of the majority. Here is the place.
11:00: meeting of the Socialist Group in camera
On Tuesday morning, things have suddenly complicated for Emmanuel Macron. Confident to the last weekend for the outcome of the vote of the members, the government is concerned about the latest count of votes, which indicate a number of diehard opponents of the text among the troops of the majority .
The socialist group meets in camera at the National Assembly. The atmosphere is tense and solemn. Manuel Valls speaks. “J e do not dramatize. As I speak, the text does not. It would be a considerable weakening” , the prime minister said the PS deputies. “We are in a time when, in conscience, can not weaken the head of state and government,” , asserts Manuel Valls.
“He gave everything he was almost in tears” , says an elected at the meeting to Liberation. Another believes that the Prime Minister “ put her trip are on the table” . But Laurent Baumel, rebellious MP, mayonnaise did not “It used to excessive dramatization.” “The atmosphere between the pressure and the dramatization of the issues, which was not likely to change his mind” confirmed a rebellious elected, Fanélie Carrey-Tale . “I, this is me neither hot nor cold” adds Pascal Cherki, another rebellious. He continues: “We heard on January 11 and national unity, legitimate arguments, but we are here to pass a law, it is our responsibility..”
Alarmist also about the consequences of a rejection of the Macron law, the First Secretary of the PS and deputy of Paris, Jean-Christophe Cambadélis warns: “You can not vote against a Text of the government, it would be a gift to the right “ .
14 hours: counts, recounts and 49.3 in the corridors of the Assembly
Three hours later, and despite the warning shot of the head of government, the account is clearly not. In the hall of the four columns of the Palais Bourbon, the phones are ringing slingers deputies incessantly. Supporters of the law Macron count and recount the votes …
A rumor through the corridors of the Assembly: Manuel Valls could use in Article 49.3, which allows the passage of a law without a vote. The announcement of a Council of Ministers exceptional, a prerequisite for using this provision of the Constitution, that makes it more plausible.
already slingers prepare shields. “It would be an admission of weakness, the conclusion that there is no majority left for this text” , warns Pouria Amirshahi, rebellious MP. Christian Paul, deputy PS who also protested against the Macron law denounces “old rusty tool of the Fifth Republic.”
14:30: An Extraordinary Council of Ministers
Time is because the government must be in full, on the benches of the Palais Bourbon, to face traditional session of questions to the government 15 hours, then the vote of the Macron law, scheduled after 16 hours
All hands to battle at the Elysee. sedans ministers are held in the courtyard for this Extraordinary Council of Ministers convened in emergency
15 hours. Questions to the government turned
At one in the vote on the Macron law session s opens to the Assembly, in the suspense about the outcome of the day. The tension was at its height in the Chamber. In a supercharged, boos and applause, the economy minister defends his text. “We will advance” , is launching Emmanuel Macron.
Manuel Valls also goes to the front, calling one last time “everyone to pull himself together” . In the corridors of the Assembly, elected close to the Prime Minister wants to continue to believe. “I think it will go to the vote, it will go to the end, it’s like this …” , he said, before tempering: “I can be denied in five minutes … “ The elected has reason to be cautious.
16.25: Manuel Valls brandished in extremis 49.3
At the break in the meeting, Sophie Dessus, favorable Socialist MEP text, smells come the inevitable showdown. She has heavy heart: “In get there when we are the majority group is hopeless.”
The ringing sound of the Assembly, the session resumes. But the vote of the Macron Law, registered with the agenda, will not take place. The prime minister mounted the platform and announced its willingness to engage the responsibility of his government on the text. “Nothing will deter us,” , is launching Manuel Valls deputies.
The use of 49.3 was decided in extremis, a few minutes earlier, during a telephone conversation between the prime minister and the president of the Republic. It is “appeared” , says the entourage of François Hollande, “that there was still a risk given recent statements” of likely votes of MPs. “There was a majority, but it was very short, too short, 6-8 votes ahead” , says Christophe Borgel, Socialist MP for Haute-Garonne, in charge of making an inventory of troops .
As a result of the use of the article, the sitting was suspended. Supporters of the law Macron quickly scroll in the room of four columns, away from microphones and cameras. Slingers attract light on them, but are careful not to complacency. Among them, Laurent Baumel “regrets crisis predictable majority.” “This is what happens to too hard to push through”
At the UMP, we rub our hands. 49.3 of the use allows the opposition to file censure motion to overthrow the government. UDI, the Left Front and the two deputies affiliated to the FN have already announced they would vote the.
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