D-Day at the National Assembly. After more than a year of procrastination, the immigration bill, defended by the Minister of the Interior, arrived in the Chamber on Monday, December 11. At 4 p.m., Gérald Darmanin will defend his text, adopted by the law committee, after a first reading in the Senate. But this is threatened with being immediately interrupted with the examination of a preliminary rejection motion filed by environmentalists, and which could be adopted if all the oppositions join forces. Follow the debates at the Palais-Bourbon in our live stream.
Suspense surrounding the motion to reject. If the left, the right and the far right agree to unite around the rejection motion, it could be adopted and immediately interrupt the examination of the approximately 2,600 amendments which must be discussed. The Republicans are divided on the subject, while the RN prolongs the suspense over its vote. “Surprise !”responded to franceinfo Renaud Labaye, secretary general of the group, when asked about the position of his party.
The majority brings out the heavy artillery. “Arithmetically, there are more opponents than majority, since we have a relative majority”, recognized Gérald Darmanin. But “it would be a denial of democracy not to debate”he judged Monday on Europe 1. “It would be incomprehensible, the Assembly would shoot itself in the foot”added its president, Yaël Braun-Pivet on RTL.
Negotiations which promise to be intense. If the National Assembly rejects the rejection motion, the road promises to be long and tortuous to find a majority. Aside from the small Liot group, the presidential camp has no ally on this text, so the debates promise to be heated until December 22. In the background, the use of 49.3, this constitutional tool which allows the government to force its way through, is on everyone’s minds.