the “climate is not conducive to a profound overhaul of our institutions”, considers the President of the National Assembly

While the CGT calls for two new days of mobilization against the pension reform on April 20 and 28, Yaël Braun-Pivet, President of the National Assembly, estimates Monday April 17 on France Inter that the “the current climate is not conducive to a major overhaul of our institutions”. She evokes a “worry and anger” within the population since the beginning of the social movement.

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“We must listen to the aspirations of our fellow citizens”, “we need to talk more to the French, listen to them and build with them”, launches the President of the National Assembly. In particular, she wishes “create consensus on the findings, on the courses of action and on the solutions proposed, on all subjects”. For this, Yaël Braun-Pivet pleads for more “citizen participation” also for “a rebalancing of powers between Parliament and the executive”. She considers “interesting” of “strengthen the powers of Parliament”.

Institutions “must evolve”

The Renaissance MP for Yvelines recognizes that the institutions “must evolve” For “correspond to the 21st century”. But Yaël Braun-Pivet does not specify how “fit” the institutions “to the society in which we live”. For example, she doesn’t want “change them in a brutal or massive way”. “When things rock, when there are crises, our institutions protect democracy, ensuring the balance of power, respect for opposition and our individual rights and freedoms”, she argues. She also insists on “do not touch the great balances because they are very protective”. Yaël Braun-Pivet judges elsewhere “very serious” that institutions like “Parliament, the Head of State and the legitimacy of the Constitutional Council” be called into question “in a violent way by some on the far left and the far right”.