“We don't throw anything at the deputies, we don't lean over to stroke their hair and we don't say hello to the elected representative of his constituency.
The instructions are basic, but the ushers of the Palais-Bourbon prefer to avoid unpleasant surprises.
In front of them, citizens of all ages, coming from the Paris region, from the provinces and from overseas to discover the National Assembly and attend parliamentary debates.
Their approach is often timid, the clothes well chosen to feel up to the golds of the Republic.
At the start of the legislature, the gallery reserved for the public is fuller than usual.
The liveliness of the debates in a hemicycle where the executive now only has a relative majority is probably not for nothing.
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