The government announced on Wednesday October 14 the withdrawal from the Senate agenda of the bill extending the provisions for exiting the state of health emergency, pending the intervention of President Emmanuel Macron.
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The examination of this text extending the “
exceptional
”
means
at the hands of the government to fight against the Covid-19 epidemic, already adopted at first reading by the National Assembly, began Tuesday in the Senate.
Its examination was to be completed in the afternoon, but the President of the Senate Gérard Larcher (LR) announced at the end of the current affairs session that the government had requested its withdrawal from the agenda.
The state of emergency reinstated Friday at midnight?
The boss of senators LR Bruno Retailleau immediately denounced in a point of order a withdrawal of the bill "
brutal
" and "
sudden
", illustrating "
the piloting of the government on the health crisis
".
"
There is nothing to imagine,
" the Minister responsible for Relations with Parliament Marc Fesneau replied to the press, when asked whether this withdrawal could suggest the need for new legislative measures.
"
The President of the Republic is going to speak this evening, it did not seem necessarily appropriate to continue debating
" this text, he declared, invoking "
a form of respect for the Senate
".
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According to a parliamentary source, confirming information from the Parisian, the Council of Ministers examined on Wednesday morning a decree allowing the reinstatement of the state of health emergency from this Friday midnight.
The state of health emergency, which was in effect between March 23 and July 10, offers a legal framework to regulate certain restrictions up to confinement.
It can be applied to the whole territory or locally, as was the case for example in Guyana until September 16.
Beyond one month, its extension must be authorized by law.