the opposition denounces the "turnaround" of the majority

A real sleight of hand. A week after the surprise announcement of Emmanuel Macron before the Parliament in Versailles, the majority maneuver to get approval of the presidential request to amend the Constitution to allow the head of state to listen to the interventions of representatives of each group of the Assembly and the Senate, but also to answer them at the next Congresses.

By the voice of the Minister of Justice, Nicole Belloubet, the government argued, on the night of Monday 16 to Tuesday 17 July , a series of five amendments of the opposition going in this direction, during the examination of the project of constitutional reform in the National Assembly. After a lively debate, this change was voted by 40 votes to 13.

The Assembly voted the possibility for the President of the Republic to attend the debate after his speech before the Congress, in adopting amendments, defended inter alia by UDI-Agir-Les Indépendants deputies. They are specifically intended to remove the words "out of his presence" in the second sentence of Article 18 of the Constitution, according to which the Head of State "may address the Parliament gathered for this purpose in Congress. His statement may give rise, in his absence, to a debate which is not subject to any vote. "

" Under the orders of Jupiter "

From left to right, deputies denounced the "Turnaround" of the government and the majority, which rejected similar opposition proposals during the debate in committee on June 28.

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"You voted against these amendments in committee and you start to support them because the president has whistled you and you are all in tune. What a contradiction! outraged the deputy (Republicans) of the Moselle Damien Di Filippo. "It is quite impressive to see the gymnastics to which the government and the majority have constrained themselves to be able to pbad the amendments to the orders of Jupiter" supported the elected (France insubordinate) of Paris, Danièle Obono, while the socialist Cécile Untermaier (Saône-et-Loire) denounced " a shot up" .

Somewhat embarrbaded to justify this flip-flop, the general rapporteur of the text and head of the deputies The Republic en march (LRM) Richard Ferrand, tried to put forward the character "unfinished" of the constitutional revision of 2008, which did not "envisaged that the President of the Republic can come, listen, and even respond if necessary " to parliamentarians during Congresses.

" Change of regime "

" In 2008, we stayed a bit in the middle of Ford » abo Nicole Belloubet, baduring that the modification desired by Mr. Macron "did not change the great balances and the regime of responsibility of the prime minister, who is responsible only to Parliament" . One way to respond to the opposition, which denounces "a change of regime", with a presidentialization of the regime and a weakening of the role of the Prime Minister.

"In eight days, you have changed your mind " launched the communist elected Sebastien Jumel (Seine-Maritime) to the patron of Macronist deputies, surprised that " the presidential amendment " was not introduced by the government last week, as announced by the head of state. The leader of the communist deputies, André Chbadaigne (Puy-de-Dôme), launched in the direction of Mr. Ferrand: "When we do not have the proper bad, we can not climb the mast of cocagne ! "