The Insoumise Mathilde Panot, at the National Assembly, had asked her to do so.
The Gaullist Philippe Bas, in the Senate, allowed him to do so.
Putting an end to a real false suspense, Emmanuel Macron has therefore decided to take responsibility for the inclusion of abortion in the text of the Constitution.
After the vote of the National Assembly in November, that of the Senate in February had been a surprise, no one imagining that, in a hemicycle dominated by the right, an elected LR was going to propose a drafting capable of tilting the eight votes needed for a majority.
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At the end of this initial stage, there was a doubt about the presidential decision.
On abortion, Emmanuel Macron has not always been on the side of the maximalists.
He first said he was unfavorable to the extension of the deadlines for recourse to abortion, demanded by the LREM deputies, before letting them do it.
Its announcement of March 8 is however not a surprise as the political benefit is easy to pocket in a context…
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