At the heart of the debate on pension reform, Senator Bruno Retailleau, supported by his LR group and centrists, demanded on Tuesday evening March 7, the use of article 38 of the Senate rules.
The purpose of the latter is to speed up discussions on an article or an amendment.
"
Shame on you
!", Immediately lambasted Patrick Kanner, leader of the Socialists, affirming that no Senator had ever used this article within the Hemicycle.
“
You brandish it because you are incapable of defending your arguments.
You went to bed.
He thus announced the next day at the microphone of
France Info
that he wanted to file an appeal before the Constitutional Council.
But is the use of article 38 of the rules of the Senate unconstitutional?
Verification.
Rules of the Senate
Let us first return to the subject of the debate.
Article 38 of the Rules of the Senate “
allows the presiding officer to close the debate after two speakers, one for and one against, have spoken on the bill of…
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