The pressure can drop.
Ten days after having debated and then adopted the bill relating to the health crisis, the deputies of the presidential majority welcomed the opinion delivered by the Constitutional Council.
On social networks, the macronist vice-president of the National Assembly Hugues Renson hastened to welcome a
"fair and balanced decision"
.
"The objective of protecting the French is reaffirmed by the Sages
", added the president (LREM) of the Palais Bourbon, Richard Ferrand.
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Like the discussions that animated the Hemicycle, the political class quickly revealed its divisions. On the left, the president of the Socialist group in the Senate, Patrick Kanner, spoke of
“necessary safeguards”
, while stressing the inadequacy of the health pass to “
stop the epidemic
”. "
Compulsory vaccination remains the best solution,
" said the elected official, faithful to the line defended by his political family. The mayor (PS) of Le Mans, Stéphane Le Foll, meanwhile evoked a
"logical" opinion
.
"It now takes rigor and understanding to win the battle against the variant and the epidemic,"
he added.
No one expected a politicized and power-dependent Constitutional Council to assume its responsibilities by fundamentally calling into question a disproportionate and liberticidal law.
Jordan bardella
On the right, few figures spoke in the wake of the decision.
Senator (Les Républicains) Bruno Retailleau simply stressed that
"the absence of a health pass cannot be a cause of dismissal"
, while the subject had been debated between the government and the upper chamber.
“The Constitutional Council therefore confirmed the intention of the legislator in the face of ambiguous ministerial declarations.
We can only congratulate ourselves on that, ”
he said.
Firmly opposed to the expansion of the device, the leader of the Insoumis, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, for his part considered the decision
"very disappointing"
.
The Constitutional Council
"does not protect any of the freedoms threatened by the health pass
,
"
said the presidential candidate.
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Same story for his opponent, Marine Le Pen.
The candidate of the National Rally considered the Constitutional Council
"very quick to censor any firm measure against legal and illegal immigration",
while it finds, according to her,
"nothing wrong with a law which hinders the freedom of movement of French, in their own country on the basis of vaccination ”.
Its vice-president, Jordan Bardella, for his part assured that
"nobody expected from a politicized and subservient Constitutional Council to take up its responsibilities by fundamentally calling into question a disproportionate and liberticidal law".
"Emmanuel Macron will have until the end divided and stirred up mistrust
," continued the elected.
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Finally, the three presidential candidates who are very active in the latest anti-health pass rallies are each indignant at the opinion given. For the president of Debout la France, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan,
“the Constitutional Council dishonours itself (…). The Sages trample on the Constitution, flout individual freedoms and our fundamental values. ” "The Constitutional Council has just wallowed in the most total indignity by rendering an iniquitous decision"
, abounded in a video the former lepenist Florian Philippot (Les Patriotes).
"These institutions betray us, they attack us
," he insisted. Before calling for demonstrations
"in peace, in a vital surge of freedom, resistance and patriotism"
, this Saturday, August 7 in Paris.
A position shared by François Asselineau (UPR), for whom the institution
“has just betrayed its role as defender of public freedoms”
. While the latest demonstrations may have been interspersed with violence, the candidate assured that this opinion opened
"the way to riots"
.