Overview

• A fresh motion of censure launched by La France Insoumise and Greens was formally debated in the National Assembly today targeting Bayrou’s government over a pesticide reintroduction.
• The PS and Rassemblement National refused to back the measure, leaving it far short of the 289 votes needed to bring down the government.
• Opponents accused the centrist bloc of sidestepping full parliamentary scrutiny by deploying Article 49.3 and fast-tracking the law to a joint committee.
• LFI and ecologist MPs portrayed their effort as a defense against environmental rollbacks and an “anti-democratic” power grab.
• The GDR group faces internal divisions on the vote, but its potential dissent is unlikely to sway the final outcome.