MEPs vote against restoring the border health pass in the event of a resumption of the epidemic

First piece of government legislation, and first snub. On the evening of Tuesday July 12, opposition MPs rejected a key article in the Covid-19 health bill. They have indeed refused the restoration of the health pass at the borders if the epidemic were to worsen. The National Rally (RN) and La France insoumise (BIA) shouted victory in chorus. “There was a consensus against the government’s text, against the government’s practices, and this consensus was expressed“, estimates Sébastien Chenu, deputy RN North.

“There was a minority of the government by all of its opposition“, considers for his part Hadrien Clouet, deputy Nudes/LFI of Haute-Garonne. In a tweet, the First minister, Elizabeth Terminal, wrote: “The situation is serious.“The government, through its spokesperson Olivier Véran, castigated the alliance of “extremes” and pointed the finger of “iinconsistencies“. So, how to pass laws with a relative majority? “We will have to discuss the texts upstream, to agree more on what will be possible or not“, estimates Philippe Gosselin, deputy Les Républicains de la Manche.