Just one month of legislature and the deputies have already had the opportunity to vote 149 times on amendments or more broadly on articles or bills. What they already give great lessons from a very renewed National Assembly, between a La France insoumise group that has multiplied these numbers, the unprecedented entry of 89 RN deputies and a presidential coalition in relative majority.
New assembly, new pacts
Since 2017, the executive had made a habit of examining the texts in an accelerated procedure, ensuring a single reading in Parliament before their approval. If this operation has gone well in an Assembly won over Emmanuel Macron, it is no longer possible in the current context with oppositions multiplying amendments to influence the drafting of the law.
In other words, in order to pass bills, Élisabeth Borne, the Prime Minister, must be able to build majorities on a case-by-case basis. Enough to boost sometimes baroque alliances. The purchasing power bill was approved with the votes of the presidential coalition but also of the RN and LR.
But, which are the parliamentary groups that are most allied? Find out the answer with our infographic below, drawn from data from Datan, an independent tool that reports on MPs’ parliamentary activity and provides insights into MPs’ voting practices and positions.
- Renaissance, Modernity and Horizons: united at all costs
Despite the fragmentation of Parliament and the complexity of the relative majority, the Renaissance group can count on the infallible support of two parliamentary groups: Modem and Horizontes. The first group chaired by Jean-Paul Mattei has always voted as a presidential majority, while 98% of the votes of the Horizons group are similar to those of Renaissance. However, the movement led by Édouard Philippe has already heard its difference on an amendment around compensation for the increase in RSA for departments.
- The Republicans, towards an auxiliary force of the presidential majority?
Since the beginning of the new legislature, the right-wing group now chaired by Olivier Marleix has been regularly in favor of the presidential majority, despite its desire to embody “a solid opposition”, according to Christian Jacob, the party’s head. For Awenig Marié, founder of Datan and doctoral student in political science at CEVIPOL, the analysis of the 149 ballots confirms the positions and positions of the Republicans:
“The Republicans insisted that there would not be a stable coalition by alliance with the majority, but that they would be an auxiliary force in certain texts. In fact, as of July 25, 2022, the LR group voted in accordance with the presidential majority group in 77% of cases, during the previous legislature, this figure was only 35%”, specifies Awenig Marié.
- Nupes, a more frontal opposition
Since the legislative elections, the main leftist groups united under the label “Nupes” have voted overwhelmingly in disagreement with the presidential majority. Thus, in only 13% of the cases, the elected LFI-Nupes voted for Renaissance. For their part, the deputies of the PS-Nupes are the ones who vote the most according to the majority, that is, in 20% of the 149 public ballots.
- What strategy for the RN?
A month after the resumption of parliamentary work, the far-right group does not seem specifically close to any group in particular, although its electoral proximity index is 51% with Les Républicains. We note, however, that in 36% of the cases the RN deputies voted as those of the presidential majority.
Source: BFM TV
