“Mr. Orphelin, you wanted to speak. You have the floor for ten seconds, ”
announces from the perch Hugues Renson, LREM vice-president of the National Assembly.
The environmentalist takes the microphone and deplores:
"We will therefore not be able to present any of our amendments ..."
Before repeating, the rest of the time allotted:
"It is lamentable, it is lamentable, it is lamentable."
On the benches of the majority, an LREM deputy calls out:
"You just had not to change groups!"
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The scene is revealing.
It illustrates the Stations of the Cross that are faced by environmentalist deputies in the Assembly to make their voices heard.
Formerly members of their own group, Écologie Démocratie Solidarité (EDS), supported by EELV, and composed mainly of former macronists, the successive departures at the end of October forced them to sit among the non-registered.
Frustrating, in this month of April, as the Assembly examines the much anticipated climate and resilience bill.
The procedure
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