Referendum on the environment: Retailleau is wary of a "political coup" by Macron

Emmanuel Macron surprised his world by announcing Monday evening, December 14 a referendum for the inclusion of an ecological imperative in article 1 of the Constitution.

Now a question arises: can the ballot take place?

Before passing to the judgment of the French, this constitutional revision must first be voted in an identical manner by the two parliamentary chambers.

The Senate, where the right has the majority, could well foil the project.

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Invited on France 2 Tuesday morning, Bruno Retailleau, the president of the LR group in the Senate, was not very enthusiastic.

, he explained, recalling that an

already allowed the Constitutional Council to

.

The senator from Vendée, also interested in the 2022 presidential election, is especially wary of a

attempted by Emmanuel Macron to take control of the theme of ecology.

, summarized Bruno Retailleau.

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The president of the group The Republicans in the Senate took the opportunity to send a message to Emmanuel Macron, looking like a dilemma.

(free trade treaty between Europe and Canada, Editor's note)

he demanded.

Bruno Retailleau deplores that the text was voted

and that it has still not reached the Senate.

, ”he wanted to emphasize.

Faced with the “right of veto” of the Senate - as Bruno Retailleau likes to point out - negotiations between the executive and the senatorial right are only just beginning.

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