After four days and four nights of stormy and tense debates, mainly between the majority opposition to the left-wing coalition, the purchasing power bill was approved this Friday morning. This first flagship text of the executive and most of it, aimed in particular at curbing inflation, obtained the votes of 341 deputies. Instead, 116 parliamentarians voted against him. The details of the votes show that the representatives of the National Group and the Republicans added their votes to those of the majority in favor of the device, while the Nupes opposed it, in vain.
The right-wing opposition and the extreme right strengthen the majority
Dans les rangs de la majorité présidentielle, on note of the assent of 136 Renaissance deputies (le nouveau nom de La République en marche, NDLR), 37 MoDem deputies, and 26 Horizons deputies, the formation funded by ex-Premier minister Edouard Philip. The group “Liberties, Independents, Overseas and Territories”, often made up of former LaREM deserters, brought their five bulletins to support the text, as five unregistered.
The opposition from the right and the extreme right has further strengthened the majority that has emerged around these 20 articles. Of the 89 RN deputies, 78 were present to vote in his favor, as were 54 of their LR colleagues.
Some divergences to the left
On the contrary, 74 rebel deputies moved to reject the text, a whole box that is also found among environmentalists whose 21 voters voted against the bill. On the side of the Socialist Party, we were more mixed: three of its deputies opposed the text, but 17 preferred to abstain.
The group “Democratic and Republican Left” – which brings together the majority of the communists – also returned a contrasting echo: 18 deputies voted against and four abstained.
Source: BFM TV
