François Bayrou wonders about the “usefulness” of an inscription in the Constitution

“In the state the country is in, with all the questions we have before us, is it good, useful, to do this even though no political current in France is challenging the law? Veil and what became of her?” On the BFMTV set, Sunday June 26, François Bayrou wondered about the advisability of enshrining the right to abortion in the Constitution. “Is it useful for the country, at the moment, to go and organize a referendum on this question”he added. The centrist leader thus makes a dissenting voice heard within the majority on this subject.

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After the United States Supreme Court’s decision to revoke this right, thehas new president of the LREM group in the Assembly, Aurore Bergé, announced on Saturday the filing of a proposal for constitutional revision to register “respect for abortion” in our Basic Law.. An initiative supported by the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne.

“It is nevertheless surprising that it is what is happening in the United States (…) which leads to a certain number of effervescent reactions in French political life.”

François Bayrou, leader of the Modem

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A constitutional revision requires the adoption of the same text by the Assembly and the Senate, then it must be approved by referendum. Another option: if the revision was initiated by the executive, or taken over by it, the text must also be validated by both chambers but can be submitted to Parliament meeting in Congress, which must vote on it by a majority of 3/5ths votes cast.