While the odds don't seem to favor getting through the whole process think how President Trump one in 2016 :-)
The French parliament has made the unprecedented move after the president appointed a minority PM
The proposal to impeach French President Emmanuel Macron has cleared a major procedural hurdle in the parliament and will proceed to committee for consideration.
The New Popular Front (NPF) coalition, which won the most National Assembly seats in this summer’s legislative elections, but not enough to have a majority, announced the measure earlier this month, after Macron snubbed their candidate for prime minister, Lucie Castets.
More than 80 NPF lawmakers had signed the proposal, satisfying the constitutional requirement to get the backing of at least 10% of the 577-member parliament. On Monday, the NPF petition was approved in a 12-10 vote in the Bureau of the National Assembly, the parliamentary managing body.
The petition now heads to the Legal Committee, where it will have to be considered. The Assembly is obligated to put it on the agenda within two weeks of the committee’s conclusion, whenever that happens. Should the resolution make it to the parliament’s agenda, it would mark the first time in the history of the Fifth Republic that the National Assembly would discuss the recall of the head of state,
Actually impeaching Macron would require a two-thirds vote in the National Assembly, or 385 members. All of the opposition put together has only 364 seats, however. Should it somehow be approved, the resolution would head to the Senate, where it would require 232 votes.
Source: rt.com
While the odds don't seem to favor getting through the whole process think how President Trump one in 2016 :-)
The French parliament has made the unprecedented move after the president appointed a minority PM The proposal to impeach French President Emmanuel Macron has cleared a major procedural hurdle in the parliament and will proceed to committee for consideration. The New Popular Front (NPF) coalition, which won the most National Assembly seats in this summer’s legislative elections, but not enough to have a majority, announced the measure earlier this month, after Macron snubbed their candidate for prime minister, Lucie Castets. More than 80 NPF lawmakers had signed the proposal, satisfying the constitutional requirement to get the backing of at least 10% of the 577-member parliament. On Monday, the NPF petition was approved in a 12-10 vote in the Bureau of the National Assembly, the parliamentary managing body.
The petition now heads to the Legal Committee, where it will have to be considered. The Assembly is obligated to put it on the agenda within two weeks of the committee’s conclusion, whenever that happens. Should the resolution make it to the parliament’s agenda, it would mark the first time in the history of the Fifth Republic that the National Assembly would discuss the recall of the head of state,
Actually impeaching Macron would require a two-thirds vote in the National Assembly, or 385 members. All of the opposition put together has only 364 seats, however. Should it somehow be approved, the resolution would head to the Senate, where it would require 232 votes. Source: rt.com