The National Assembly will sit exceptionally on Saturday and Sunday to examine the bill extending the state of health emergency in the face of the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic, we learned from parliamentary sources on Tuesday.
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The text
"authorizing the extension of the state of health emergency and carrying various measures for managing the health crisis"
will be examined in the Council of Ministers on Wednesday, according to the Council's agenda broadcast Tuesday evening by the Elysee Palace.
The government has since Saturday restored this exceptional regime across the country by decree, which was lifted on July 10.
Beyond one month, its extension must be authorized by law, hence this text on the menu of the Palais Bourbon at first reading.
He will then have to commute with the Senate.
This exceptional legal regime authorizes, if necessary, to restrict movements or to establish confinements of the population.
The bill
"authorizing the extension",
for a period which has not yet been indicated, and
"on various measures for managing the health crisis"
could contain emergency provisions concerning businesses or tenants for example, or authorizations to legislate by ordinance.
Night workers
A 4th amending finance bill was also added to the agenda on November 10.
It should contain new support measures for sectors or households affected by the crisis.
Only half of the deputies at most can sit, for health reasons.
The Assembly has also adapted to the night curfew introduced since last weekend in large metropolises: the parliamentarians' refreshment bar now closes at 9:00 p.m., and the evening break has been brought forward (from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., instead of from 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.).
The deputies are night workers, especially for the budget texts in progress, the adoption deadlines of which are fixed by the Constitution.
Common law applies: parliamentarians and staff completing their duties during the curfew must produce a certificate, like any inhabitant of the Paris region.