Gabriel Attal will be the only member of the government to speak at the Versailles Congress

Deputies and senators are meeting Monday at a Congress in Versailles to deliberate on a revision of the Constitution to include “the freedom guaranteed to a woman to have recourse to an abortion”.

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Gabriel Attal photographed at the National Assembly, February 5, 2024. (THOMAS SAMSON / AFP)

Prime Minister Gabriel Attal will be the only member of the government to speak on Monday March 4 during the Versailles Congress, franceinfo learned on Friday from his entourage. The two chambers of Parliament will meet to deliberate on a revision of the Constitution in order to include “the freedom guaranteed to a woman to have recourse to an abortion”.

The session will open at 3:30 p.m. Explanations of votes will follow, lasting five minutes. “alternating between the groups of the National Assembly and the Senate, in descending order of their respective numbers”, we can read on the website of the National Assembly. Finally, the ballot will be open for 45 minutes.

Several deputies will be absent, according to the National Assembly website: Sébastien Chenu (RN), Caroline Fiat (LFI), Éric Woerth (Renaissance), Éric Ciotti (LR) and Brigitte Klinkert (Renaissance) in particular.


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