It was a clap of thunder that shook the Hemicycle last night.
And above all, the Renaissance deputies (ex-La République en Marche).
On Tuesday evening July 12, parliamentarians debated the health bill on the Covid-19 pandemic.
A text approved with the notable exception of article 2, which provided for the return of the sanitary pass at the borders.
The Macron camp reacted immediately, pointing to a convergence of oppositions.
“
By joining forces to vote against the measures to protect the French against Covid LFI, the LRs and the RN prevent any border control against the virus
”, declared Élisabeth Borne on Twitter.
For their part, the deputies of the majority were in turn moved by the outcome of the vote.
“
And here we are!!!
The far right and the far left united
,” exclaimed Prisca Thevenot, MP for Hauts-de-Seine.
"
That the rebellious vote against the government, we knew it.
That they do it with the RN, we suspected.
But to see so-called “left” deputies screaming with joy while voting with the extreme right?
Shame on those who rush with pleasure into an objective red-brown alliance
”, lambasted in turn David Amiel, walker of the first hour and deputy in Paris.
“Article 2 is fair and relevant”
For his part, the Minister of Health François Braun, invited on RTL, does not intend to give up anytime soon.
And if the possibility of “
controlling our borders in the face of the emergence of a more dangerous variant
”, has been “
for the moment suppressed
”, “
I will continue to fight
”.
“
I will continue to convince, from a moment ago, in the Senate, to explain that these provisions must be defended, that this article 2 is fair, relevant.
“Denouncing a”
alliance of circumstance between LFI, RN and LR
“, the Minister of Health says”
respect the state of the discussions
“, considering that his”
only compass
“is”
the protection of the health of the French.
»
Naturally, the oppositions rejoiced at this setback, while seeking to claim themselves as the first opponents of macronie.
“
There is something going on in the National Assembly, something that we have not been used to for five years: democracy
”, commented Sandrine Rousseau.
“
It is made in noise, amendment by amendment, bill after bill
,” warned MP Nupes.
“
Thanks to the opposition of RN deputies, the article which made it possible to restore the health pass at the borders has just been rejected!
said Sébastien Chenu, vice-president of the National Assembly and deputy for the North.
