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6:49 p.m. : This resolution, proposed by Renaissance MP Benjamin Haddad, targets in particular the “many atrocities against the civilian population” in Ukraine. Without binding value, this decision aims to “send a political, symbolic message, a signal of denunciation of Wagner and his activities”argued Benjamin Haddad.
6:51 p.m. : #UKRAINE French MPs vote unanimously for Wagner’s inclusion on the European Union’s list of terrorist groups.
6:49 p.m. : The Wagner Group “does not respect any rule, any law, any of the principles of the Montreux document which regulates the activity of private military companies”.
Catherine Colonna castigated the “exactions” committed by the Russian paramilitary group in Ukraine and Africa.
5:56 p.m. : One year after its creation, in what state is the Nupes? As it celebrates its first anniversary, the honeymoon seems to have come to an end on the side of the alliance, which is now advancing in disorganized order, while the next elections are fast approaching. This is the subject of the “Talk” and it can be watched here, from 6 p.m.!
3:35 p.m. : “I claim it, between the extremes and us, there will always be Europe (…) I assume to say that Europe is a fight and that the presidential majority is determined to lead it”, launched the Prime Minister in front of the deputies, in opening of the questions to the government. She spoke while a Renaissance bill will be debated today aimed at requiring town halls to display the European flag on their pediment, next to the French flag.
3:14 p.m. : The news remains the pension reform, brutal, unfair and we will be mobilized on June 8 to vote the group’s PPL @GroupeLIOT_An @socialistsAN
3:13 p.m. : “We will vote for this text” on the obligation to display the European flag, informed the Socialist Group in the Assembly, through the intermediary of the deputy Christine Pirès Beaune. However, she considered it to be a “opportunistic text to move the debate”.
3:10 p.m. : “You are inventing the wire to cut the butter (…) It is very demeaning for our National Assembly to discuss this while the fridges of the French are empty.”
Quoted by The Parliamentary Channel, FLI deputy Antoine Léaument also criticized the Renaissance bill aimed at imposing the presence of the European flag on the pediment of town halls.
3:14 p.m. : “What do you do with the free administration of local authorities guaranteed by our Constitution? What do you do with French identity, our local identities, our cultural heritage?”
The mandatory presence of the European flag on the facades of town halls is a divisive issue. Rejected on Wednesday during its examination in the law commission, the Renaissance group’s bill will be debated later in the hemicycle. But already, parliamentarians have expressed their disagreement, like here Yoann Gillet, of the National Rally.
2:56 p.m. : Finally, during the night session, starting at 9:30 p.m., the Assembly will examine at first reading another majority bill, aimed at facilitating the international mobility of work-study students.
2:58 p.m. : Discussions in the hemicycle will begin at 3 p.m. Another bill must be debated this afternoon: that on the compulsory presence of the European flag on the facades of town halls. This measure, carried by the Renaissance group, is contested by the opposition, but also within the majority.
2:56 p.m. : This resolution on which the French deputies will vote must allow “to send a political, symbolic message, a signal of denunciation of Wagner and his activities (…) as terrorism”, argues its rapporteur, Benjamin Haddad. The text quotes in particular the German intelligence services, according to which the paramilitary group has “took part in the summary executions, mutilations and acts of torture committed against civilians in the Ukrainian town of Boucha”.
2:56 p.m. : The Wagner group will be on the menu for discussions this afternoon, at the National Assembly. MEPs to vote on text calling for Russian paramilitary group to be added to EU list of terrorist organizations. A symbol, since the text will have no binding value.
1:44 p.m. : The dissident socialist deputy Martine Froger will join the Liot group. Elected on April 2 in her constituency of Ariège against a candidate invested by Nupes, she will therefore not sit on the benches of the left, learned franceinfo, confirming information from the Figaro.