DIRECT. Amputated health bill: "I will continue to fight to convince", assures the Minister of Health

The essential

• The National Assembly has given the first green light to a health bill on the pandemic, planed with a key article on the possible return of the health pass for trips outside France.

  He must now go to the Senate.

• A council of ministers is being held this Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Elysée.

  Emmanuel Macron then has lunch with Elisabeth Borne. 

• During the first session of questions to the government, the Prime Minister proposed to organize “a debate” on the war in Ukraine and to set up a parliamentary liaison committee on the subject.

• The motion of censure filed Monday by the Nupes was rejected.

  She collected only 146 votes "for", while the left alliance has 151. It took 289 to pass.

• The Uber Files affair continues to heckle the presidential camp.

  The Nupes calls for a parliamentary commission of inquiry, the RN an information mission.

08:22

"It is democracy that has worked", judge Adrien Quatennens

“When Parliament is no longer the recording chamber of government, we are told that

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But it was democracy that worked, ”said LFI deputy from the North, Adrien Quatennens, guest on CNews, referring to the planed health bill in the National Assembly.

“When democracy works, Elisabeth Borne is surprised,” he continues. 

LP / Olivier Corsan

08:17

Sébastien Chenu is pleased to have "restored freedom for the French"

The Assembly has given the green light to a health bill amputated with a key article on the health pass for trips outside France.

A truncated text that delights the National Rally.

Invited on Franceinfo, the deputy RN Sébastien Chenu is pleased to have thus "reinstated freedom for the French".

“Parliament has done its job, the government seems [to be] surprised,” he continues. 

08:10

The heat wave toll-free number put back in place

Faced with the heat wave that is taking hold in France, the Minister of Health calls for "the solidarity of everyone and that of the organizations which monitor the elderly".

“You need a lot of vigilance.

Concretely, we are going to recall the basic prevention messages (no sport, hydrate well, etc.).

I also asked that the toll-free number be put back in place at 2 p.m. to give all the necessary information on the heat wave, ”explains the minister.

As a reminder, 0800 06 66 66 can be reached for advice on how to protect yourself and those around you from the heat wave that is hitting the country. 

LP/Philippe de Poulpiquet

08:02

“I will continue to fight” on the health bill, says Braun

Invited on RTL, the Minister of Health, François Braun returned to the health bill adopted yesterday in the Assembly, but amputated from a key article.

“This bill has been heavily revised.

It has been emptied of some of this content.

The government had however made the choice of collective and individual responsibility to control our borders in the face of a more dangerous variant.

But I will continue to fight, to convince in the Senate to explain that this article 2 is necessary, it is my only compass, to protect the French ”, he defended.

AFP/BERTRAND GUAY

08:02

The Assembly approves a health bill … amputated 

The deputies gave a first green light to a health bill on the Covid pandemic, however amputated a key article on the possible return of the health pass for “extra-hexagonal” trips.

The text examined at first reading at the Palais Bourbon was adopted by 221 votes against 187 and 24 abstentions during the final vote on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday.

He must now go to the Senate. 

AFP/Christophe ARCHAMBAULT

08:02

Welcome to this live 

Hello and welcome to this direct dedicated to political news, the day after the first vote of the National Assembly on the health bill.