Article 47-1 of the Constitution, decried by the opposition in the National Assembly, now succeeds Article 38 of the Senate regulations.
Tuesday evening, the latter was used within the Hemicycle after being claimed by Senator Bruno Retailleau, followed by his LR group and the centrists.
The article has the advantage of accelerating the discussions on an article or an amendment by framing the interventions, after the expression of two contrary opinions.
"Shame on you!"
, had then deplored the president of the socialist group in the Senate, Patrick Kanner.
“You gag your opposition.
Rule 38 has never been used, unless I am mistaken, in the Hemicycle.
(…) You brandish it because you are incapable of defending your arguments.
You went to bed.
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At France Info, the left-wing senator announces that he is filing "
a global appeal
" before the Constitutional Council.
And this, “
before the promulgation of the pension reform in the Official Journal
”, that is to say, he specifies, “
at the end of March
”.
"
The Constitutional Council says:
'
You can limit the speaking time of your opponents, but the sincerity and clarity of the debates must still be ensured by the ability for the opposition to express itself
,'" explains Patrick Kanner to our colleagues.
“
Since this is the first time that this article has been used, we will see what the Council will say, because it is important that it can tell us whether the procedure that has been used is really in conformity with the Constitution.
An announcement that comes after the Senate adopted Article 7 of the retirement reform, on the postponement of the retirement age to 64 years.
