French government survives confidence vote in parliament – The Standard

French government survives confidence vote in parliament – The Standard

             The government of Manuel Valls has survived a vote of confidence in parliament Tuesday. His government was backed by 269 of the 513 of parlementsleden.Er were 53 abstentions.
         

In comparison to the first vote of confidence in April, shows how much the pro-camp is eroded. When Valls received 306 votes for his economic policy. Since then, within the social democratic camp’s internal differences deepened. Of the 53 MPs Tuesday abstaining, there were 31 belonging to the “hard left” camp are counted.

The confidence vote Tuesday was the first big test since Manuel Valls in March of this year, Prime Minister was in France. Since then, the government was rescheduled once already, after disagreements over economic policy. For conservatives is that policy too cautious, while the ruling PS finds that too many concessions have been made to the business world. Members of the far left wing of the PS had said to remember. Themselves in confident mood

Two ministers who criticized the economic policy of France had to resign in August. According to them, the policy was not what the French had voted for.

Hence Valls now again asked the confidence of parliament. A vote of confidence and policy statement are normally only common in the installation of a new government. Since 1958 there was already 36 times held a vote of confidence in France, while the country had at that time 21 premiers.

With the vote of confidence, new elections averted. The PS would very likely be heading for a defeat.

Do not touch the sacred cows’

In the run up to the vote had in Valls the Assembly declared that France alone decides on economic and fiscal policy. And that no new taxes or additional savings come. At the same time promised Valls have to stick to the reforms begun. A number of “sacred cows” as the 35-hour week or the Staff Regulations, are not in question, it sounded yet. “Nothing should distract us from our commitment to save (…) 50 billion the next three years, we need to keep government spending under control,” said Valls. France had earlier announced until the end of 2017 to bring the budget deficit below 3 percent of GDP as required in the European Stability Pact.

“France alone decides what to do,” said Valls, in a concealed swipe to Europe and Germany. He called on the German government to jointly adopt a policy that growth in Europe should stir again. Responsibility “An agreement between our two countries is inevitable to blow. European project new life in ‘On 22 September, a meeting on the program with the German chancellor, Angela Merkel.