Exceptionally in the hemicycle, Patrick Mignola, Member of Parliament for Savoy and boss of the MoDem group, dropped the tie like other colleagues of all political stripes. "I also see a little more jeans," he notes. On this Sunday in the National Assembly, the dress codes of certain parliamentarians, who sit in the framework of the debates on the pension reform, are more relaxed than ever.
It is the fifth time under the Macron era (only one during the Holland five-year term) that these elected representatives of the Republic examine a bill during the last day of the week. "I don't see my 4 year old son and it pisses me off," confides the centrist who also has three grown children aged 17, 20 and 23. The corridors of the Palais-Bourbon are far from being congested. "It's flat calm," sums up an agent from Palais-Bourbon. "We are still going to finish at midnight," sighs his colleague.
Some elected officials find that the Sunday atmosphere is more conducive to friendly exchanges ... outside the hemicycle. "There are more discussions at the refreshment bar," notes Célia de Lavergne, MP (LREM) for Drôme who accepts without hesitation to fight a Sunday for "a very beautiful text. It's like in some professions, sometimes there is a rush, ”she believes.
"49.3 is the government disenchantment grenade"
Outside the bar, there is no real Sunday break: the tensions between the majority and the opposition, linked to the threat of recourse to article 49-3, remain very keen, "whether it is Sunday or Monday or Tuesday. The 49-3, it is the grenade of disenchantment of the government, it is not good news for us, it would be a coup de force ”, grazed Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of France Insoumise.
"It is a nuclear weapon, one must never use it", retorts Fabien Roussel, deputy of the North and national secretary of the Communist Party. "It is part of the constitutional arms. If the oppositions remain braced on their obstructive positions, that does not scare me ”, defends, for its part, Pascal Lavergne, deputy (LREM) of Gironde. This fifties, who is also a cattle breeder and owner of the restaurant "La Piece de boeuf" attached to his farm, is "in the habit" of working "7 days a week". "If I was not in the hemicycle this Sunday, I would be, with my apron, behind the stoves, cooking my steaks," he breathes.
To each his tips for keeping fit despite the tons of amendments (more than 40,000 on the bill) that parade until the hour. “Me, my secret, it's a 20-minute micro-nap and drinking from the fleet. No coffee all the time, otherwise you get nervous! “, Warns Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Béatrice Piron, MP (LREM) for Yvelines, prefers to get some fresh air. "I just went for a long walk between 12 noon and 3 pm," she breathes before scrapping, comfortable in her uniform sneakers jeans.
