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Climate: the executive accuses the Senate of "torpedoing" its referendum project

2021-05-11T20:11:37.786Z


After the Élysée, the government spokesperson confirmed the wish of the executive for this referendum to take place.


Government spokesman Gabriel Attal "

wished

" Sunday that the referendum on the climate take place.

"

It is the commitment of the President of the Republic

", declared on France 3 the representative of the government.

But today the ball is in the Senate's court.

(...) There is today a will, obviously of the senators, to torpedo the proposal

”of the Citizen's Convention on the climate (CCC), estimated Gabriel Attal.

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Useless or dangerous ”

The bill inspired by the CCC thanks to article 1 of the Constitution that France “

guarantees the preservation of the environment and biological diversity and the fight against climate change

”.

However, the majority of the Senate, on the right, rejects the term “

guarantees

”, which according to it gives the preservation of the environment a form of priority over other constitutional principles.

"

If the senators do not vote this proposal

" inspired by the CCC, "

that means that they prevent the holding of a referendum

", according to the spokesperson of the government.

Read also: Climate: the referendum is not buried, ensures the Elysee

Constitutional revision is only possible if the text is adopted in identical terms by the Assembly and the Senate. The revision can then, at the choice of the president, be either submitted to a referendum or to Parliament meeting in Congress. The senators

"adopted in committee a text which is not that which the citizens had proposed

". “

We want this referendum to take place, we don't bury it at all. The Senate is probably looking to bury him. He can still change his mind since the text will be discussed in public session in the coming days,

”Mr. Attal developed.

Source: lefigaro

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