"
One group each, an intergroup for our common positions
".
EELV's answer is clear.
Monday, Jean-Luc Mélenchon proposed to the forces of the Nupes to create a single and same parliamentary group.
"
We must have a single group, even if it means having delegations
", had thus estimated the leader of rebellious France the day after the results of the legislative elections, seeing in it the means of bringing a necessary "
clarification
" of the lines in the "
chaos which is announced
”.
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For Mélenchon, it is easy to understand the interest of such a project.
With 72 deputies, LFI is robbed of the place of the first opposition party, behind the RN and its 89 seats.
The suggestion, however, was unanimously rejected by the left-wing parties.
The Communists in the lead, making it known that they clung to their independence at all costs "
to make our difference, our sensitivity heard and to preserve our freedom to vote
", explained the national secretary of the PCF Fabien Roussel.
Common group therefore, no question, but “
we are in favor of an intergroup
”, specified a communist executive.
Organizing “
joint work
”
An “
intergroup
”?
The idea was already contained in the final Nupes agreement, obtained in early May after several days of negotiations.
"
Our parliamentary majority will be composed in the National Assembly of several political groups united within an intergroup
", states the common program.
What do they mean by that?
In the context of the European Parliament, this term refers to unofficial groupings of MEPs working on a particular subject involving civil society.
Within the National Assembly, “
parliamentary intergroups
” also exist on the same model.
The concept is informal, not even mentioned in the rules of procedure of the National Assembly, but the discussions "
no less useful because it responds to concrete concerns
”, explains Jean-Marie Pontier in a chapter devoted to intergroups in the Revue française des sciences politiques, dating from… 1982.
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Within the framework of the Nupes, the “
intergroup
” evoked rather follows the idea of an official and organized rapprochement between the forces of the left.
The final program of the Nupes explains that the intergroup “
will serve as a place of discussion and permanent coordination between its various components
”, “
as well as a place of debate, exchange and decision
”.
Without further details.
A source at the Group of the Democratic and Republican Left (CGR), which brings together Communist deputies, claims not to "
have any specific information on a concrete structure
".
“
But we are used to working with other left-wing groups
,” we defend.
"
We have often been grouped around common strategies, appeals to the Constitutional Council, motions of censure, which is why we support the idea of working together
”.
"
Everything remains to be written
," explains
Le Figaro
the adviser to a political group in the National Assembly.
“
Do they mean a periodic meeting of all deputies?
Or only group presidents?
Will there be specific offices?
A pooling of resources?
".
It is thus up to “
the four groups to discuss and agree on a way of working
”.
One thing is clear: this will allow the four left-wing groups to keep their speaking time intact and the financial advantages granted to the groups, which pooling would have thus divided.
"
Intelligent cooperation between our groups will lead to the same result as the constitution of a single group.
This is also the whole point of setting up an intergroup
, ”maintained André Chassaigne, president of the GDR group in the National Assembly, on Twitter.
