"He's been here a week and he's already got a bad record", left-wing MPs defended their motion of no confidence in the Attal government at the National Assembly, which was rejected due to a lack of support from Right-wing parties The Republicans and National Rally. Mathieu Lefevre of the Government majority party Renaissance criticised the motion as "a pure trial of intent" from a "left and far-left that refuse to move the country forward". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES