End of life, housing, public broadcasting… These proposed laws that some MPs would already like to vote on

After a turbulent internal election, the National Assembly is likely to remain empty for several weeks, with MPs having no sessions scheduled on the agenda. But some elected officials are anticipating the parliamentary work to come.

Barely installed, the National Assembly is already on technical unemployment. Key positions have been assigned, the deputies were to return on Tuesday July 23 with a two-week session but in the absence of a new government to set an agenda, this session will not take place. Several deputies are however taking the lead by submitting bills because, according to them, certain subjects are urgent. “Today, we are tabling a bill to repeal the 64-year-old retirement reform”said Mathilde Panot, president of the La France Insoumise group in the National Assembly, on France Inter on Tuesday July 23.

“There is a majority in the Assembly to repeal”assured Éric Coquerel, deputy of La France insoumise and president of the finance committee of the National Assembly, on franceinfo.

Discussions on the end-of-life law were also abandoned, although it was being debated in the chamber before Emmanuel Macron’s decision to dissolve the National Assembly. “Ultimately, this is the first collateral victim of the dissolutionsays Olivier Falorni, who was the rapporteur. Throughout the legislative campaign, I heard citizens asking me what the future of this text would be.”

The MoDem MP will resubmit a text. The new Assembly must start the examination from the beginning. In an attempt to move faster, his bill includes the amendments already voted on. “This law on the end of life represents one of the rare opportunities for a major text to be voted on by a majority in this fragmented National Assembly, without 49.3 and without the risk of a motion of censure. I can tell you that there won’t be many of them.”believes Olivier Falorni.

Another priority and another bill, that on housing “to relaunch the production of social housing and boost aid for first-time buyers, i.e. people who are not homeowners but wish to become so”explains the communist deputy Stéphane Peu.

Not forgetting the text of the deputy of the presidential camp, Constance Le Grip, to ensure the financing of public audiovisual. But to be on the agenda, these bills must receive the green light from a commission that will not be appointed before September.