Article 49.3 allows the Prime Minister to engage his responsibility on a text of law and thus have it adopted without a vote of Parliament.

"I want to put France, with the French, on the path to a new Republic, and to put an end to the presidential monarchy", explains Christiane Taubira, launched in the race for the Elysée for only three weeks.

"I do not want an all-powerful, omniscient president. We are coming out of a very Bonapartist presidency. This conception of the state has infantilized the people", affirms the candidate, credited with 4 to 6% of the voting intentions .

For her, Emmanuel Macron "did not understand the yellow vests, nor the pension movement, nor the climate convention. He launched billions and offered himself a great debate which was only a show. (...) But this is not that, a modern democracy".

Wishing "a real separation of powers", she believes that "we must give Parliament back control of its agenda and its agenda. I will delete 49.3, which is a passage in force", adds she.

"I will also abolish the right of dissolution. When the National Assembly annoys it, the president forces it or dissolves it: it is no longer possible", continues the former Keeper of the Seals of François Hollande.

She also promises "that citizens' amendments" will be "proposed, debated and adopted in Parliament", and is committed "to the citizens' initiative referendum".

The presidential candidate promises to organize a referendum on the nuclear issue, explaining that she is not personally in favor of its revival.

Finally, to make the National Assembly more representative, she proposes "to introduce obligations in terms of social parity and generational parity" on the lists of candidates, "as there was gender parity".

"With a Parliament thus renewed, the questions of wages and solidarity will be permanently on the agenda", assures the one who won the popular primary last Sunday.

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