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François Bayrou: "We must ask the French what they think of proportionality by referendum"

2021-01-25T19:19:53.301Z


BIG INTERVIEW - The president of the Modem does not want the introduction of proportionality from 2022 to be abandoned by the executive.


LE FIGARO.

- You have always defended the introduction of proportionality.

It seems that the executive is no longer so determined to impose it.

How do you react?

Francois BAYROU

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- My certainty is that France must change its way of governing.

Today the appearance of power is hyperpower, all power in the hands of the president and the majority.

In reality, it is the opposite: every day, we discover new blockages.

This is true for this majority, it was true for the previous majorities.

Because there is a reality which is essential: one cannot govern a modern country by the passage in force.

You have to build a membership.

And our national fantasy of a lonely man with his hegemonic majority, we constantly verify that it is a decoy.

All the major reform subjects come up against the wall of public opinion.

The movement against pensions, the "yellow vests", all these are the symptoms of an impasse.

Parliament is being challenged because

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Source: lefigaro

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