It is perhaps a more discreet voice but all the same, it is a voice that counts.
When a government text arrives on the table of the National Assembly, there are those who vote “for” and those who vote “against”.
These are heard.
Much more, of course, than those who abstain.
Which thus pride themselves on remaining in the opposition without blocking a law which is going
“in the right direction”.
Proof of this is the bill on renewable energies, which arrived in the Chamber at the start of the week.
A text to accelerate the development of wind and solar power in France?
Difficult, especially for green parliamentarians, to vote against.
“It's a catch-up law
, squeaks EELV MP Sandra Regol.
It is not because there are “renewables” in the title that we are voting for.
A Green MP admits, however:
“Voting against is risky in terms of image.”
This is how, explains Anne-Charlène Bezzina,
that “in France, we don’t have a culture of opposition…
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