In this month of July, and while a heat overwhelms the French, the deputies attend their first public meetings.
Suit required, tie required, the temperature rises quickly in this crowded Hemicycle.
First instinct for this rebellious young elected: take a bottle of water out of her bag.
"
Madam deputy, it's forbidden
", we whisper to her immediately.
A few rows further on, an usher appears, walks up to a minister and hands him a coffee.
“
And that is authorized
”, squeaks this same elected official.
“
Oh, that makes me smile
,” replies a deputy from the presidential coalition, who recognizes this as one of the ministerial advantages.
“
It's a particularity of the house… and frankly, that doesn't shock me.
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It is that the National Assembly is an old lady of the left bank of Paris which, like any institution, also lives by its habits and customs.
But in a mandate that has seen the arrival of dozens of elected officials without experience, these practices can surprise, and leave...
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