"The Bureau of the National Assembly has approved the procedure for removing Emmanuel Macron from power," newspaper Le Parisien reported on Tuesday..
The Bureau is the highest collegial body of the lower house of parliament. Currently, 12 of its 22 members are representatives of the left. The proposal to remove Macron from power was put forward by the left-wing party La France Insoumise (lit. Unsubmissive France). According to the BFMTV channel, the proposal was supported by 12 votes to 10 during consideration by Bureau members.
The party made this move after the French leader excluded left-wing parties from the newly formed government, despite their coalition's victory in parliamentary elections. The proposal was submitted under Article 68 of the French Constitution, which allows for the removal of the president in the event of a breach of his duties.
In 2016, the Bureau of the National Assembly ruled a similar impeachment resolution against President François Hollande to be inadmissible.
In the July parliamentary snap elections, the left-wing bloc gained the most votes, winning 182 seats out of 577. Macron's presidential coalition Together for the Republic came in second, with 168 seats in the National Assembly. The right-wing party National Rally and its allies from the Republicans became the third-largest force in parliament with 143 seats. As a result, no political force secured a majority to form a new government. The composition of the new French cabinet, led by Prime Minister Michel Barnier, is expected to be announced this week.