The Senate is useful and senators are touchy.
And the more the Upper House becomes an indispensable player in bringing the executive's projects to a successful conclusion, the more its elected representatives will show themselves anxious to be respected in their identity and in their legislative specificity.
The discussion of the health bill has provided proof of this.
Sounded by the rejection of article 2 in the National Assembly, providing for a health pass at the borders, Elisabeth Borne, considering that the hour was
"serious"
, had appealed to
the "spirit of responsibility"
of the Senate.
“I believe in the wisdom of senators”
, added Emmanuel Macron on July 14, convinced that they would be able to
“restore a text that will allow us to go all the way”
.
Responsibility, wisdom: these words could have sounded pleasant in the ears of those concerned.
Since the legislative elections, everyone has been scrutinizing the numbers of the groups at the Palais Bourbon
But, precisely, the senators have a sufficiently sharp conception of their sense of responsibility not to suffer being reminded of it, as if it were not going to...
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