INTERVIEW
His word is extremely awaited: Tuesday afternoon, at 3 p.m., Prime Minister Édouard Philippe must present France's progressive deconfinement plan from May 11. This presentation must be followed by a debate and then a vote in the National Assembly. Opposition MPs opposed the vote in the wake of the debate, asking for more time, but Monday morning, the government opposed them. On Europe 1 Monday, the president of the UDI Jean-Christophe Lagarde points to the government's "authoritarianism".
A "not serious" approach
"The government has given itself 15 days to present a plan, we would have to have 15 minutes to be able to vote before we can even discuss it between us", criticizes the deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis, who denounces the majority argument that postponing the vote was not legally possible: "This vote has no prescriptive effect, it has no consequences, it does not prevent the government from working."
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"Instead of choosing a co-construction with all the political forces to give confidence", continues the parliamentarian, "we are told 'this is the truth that will fall from the sky', as before the 'yellow vests' and then we tell you 'you just have to say yes or no'. It doesn't seem serious or respectful to me. "
Lagarde does not "trust"
Beyond the method, Jean-Christophe Lagarde criticizes the lack of consideration of the government for the parliamentarians, who according to him helped the executive: "In 48 hours, the National Assembly and the Senate, six weeks ago, have given full powers to the government because it was necessary. We have shown responsibility. (…) When we say to you 'here it is, you discover at 3 p.m. the vision that the government has of deconfinement, and vote for or against at the exit 'without even being able to discuss it, that amounts to saying' do you trust us? ' My answer is no, "replied UDI deputy.
The postponement of the vote was requested by several parliamentary groups, such as Les Républicains, the Socialist Party or La France insoumise. Jean-Christophe Mélenchon, for example, denounced "one more brutality" in this refusal to postpone the vote, while only 75 deputies will be present in the hemicycle because of the barrier gestures.