The "cost" of a day of debate in the National Assembly on pension reform amounts to 1.5 million euros, said Florian Bachelier, LREM MP, this Friday, rebelling against "the parliamentary obstruction by minority leftist deputies ”.
“Democracy is priceless but it has cost. A day of parliamentary obstruction by minority deputies of the far left is 1,500,000 euros of public money. It would pay a few civics teachers, "said the" walker ", the Assembly's first quaestor, on Thursday on Twitter.
Democracy is priceless but it has cost.
A day of parliamentary obstruction by minority leftist deputies,
it is 1,500,000 € of public money.
It would pay some civics teachers. https://t.co/dO7soeuAMx
An amount that does not change whether members sit or not
A declaration which did not please the deputy PS, Boris Vallaud, qualifying this affirmation of “lie”, this Friday in the hemicycle. "The budget of the National Assembly is 578 million euros in 2019, you divide by the number of days (365), it is 1.5 million, whether we sit or that we do not sit", a he explained. In other words, an additional sitting day, including such as this weekend, does not cost more, the staff for example not being paid more.
"I do not recommend anyone to play the game of anti-parliamentarism," added the elected socialist. Earlier, it was the rebellious Adrien Quatennens who had pinned Florian Bachelier, who “seems to consider that democracy is too expensive. But here we are the spokespersons for the cheapest solution: withdrawal "from the reform.
"Parliamentary debate deserves better" than "a question of cost"
"Democracy takes time to debate and discuss, especially on a project like this one that is so controversial and rejected," said Pierre Dharréville (PCF) to the press. And to sweep away the encryption of the quaestor, "arguments from the bottom of the basket".
Minister of Relations with Parliament Marc Fesneau (MoDem) closed the discussion: "parliamentary debate deserves better" than "a question of cost," he told BFMTV. "Where do we stop at the bottom?" Parliament, representative democracy, these are the means that are necessary and that is not the subject ”.
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