Suffocating atmosphere at the National Assembly.
The first session of questions to the government of the parliamentary session took place in an electric atmosphere and in a hemicycle full to bursting.
After a calm and serious first day on Monday, when deputies debated the war in Ukraine and then the unemployment insurance bill, the exchanges were largely tense on Tuesday at the Palais Bourbon.
The skirmishes began when Aurore Bergé took the floor to discuss the theme of violence against women.
The leader of the Renaissance deputies began her intervention by addressing the victims.
“
As soon as you receive a slap, go file a complaint.
An obvious reference to the situation of the Insoumis deputy Adrien Quatennens, against whom the Lille prosecutor's office has opened an investigation.
The chosen one admitted having slapped his wife, with whom he is in divorce proceedings.
Criticizing
the "affection
" displayed by Jean-Luc Mélenchon towards a "
man who hits his wife
", Aurore Bergé judged that these actions cast "
discredit on women and men, police and gendarmes
", who act on a daily basis against violence against women.
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An intervention which raised rounds of applause from the side of the elected representatives of the majority.
The Nupes deputies remain particularly silent.
The elected environmentalist of Paris, Sandrine Rousseau - accustomed to controversies in recent weeks - made a militant gesture alone, mimicking a female sex with her hands.
Responding to Aurore Bergé, Élisabeth Borne wished to recall that equality between women and men is "
the great cause of Emmanuel Macron's five-year term
" as well as a "
fundamental fight
", as it was during the previous five-year term. .
Danièle Obono called to order
But the rest of the questions to the government did not go more calmly.
From the start of the speeches, the President of the Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, was obliged to intervene during an intervention by Élisabeth Borne, asking the noisy parliamentarians "
to stop invective the speakers whatever they be
”.
Despite this, the Insoumise MP Danièle Obono was given a call to order with entry in the minutes, a sanction which can deprive her of part of her parliamentary allowance.
The exchanges were also considerably tense when several elected officials from Nupes addressed the question of Éric Dupond-Moretti.
Indicted since July 2021 for “
illegal taking of interests
”, the Minister of Justice was referred yesterday to the Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR).
A situation that pushes the opposition to demand his resignation.
To the socialist Boris Vallaud, who recalled that in 2017, Emmanuel Macron "
asserted that any minister under investigation should resign
", Élisabeth Borne defended the "
presumption of innocence
", explaining that he had "
taken note of the decision rendered yesterday
".
"
I do not believe that it is democratically healthy for decisions of the judicial authority to be commented on here in the precincts of parliamentary power by a member of the executive
", proclaimed the Prime Minister, adding that the Keeper of the Seals was currently "
not prevented
", under the cries of the elected officials of Nupes.
