They don't take off.
In the wake of the interview with Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade Franck Riester in Le
Figaro
,
who announced that Ceta, this free trade treaty between the European Union and Canada, will not be transmitted to the National Assembly before the European elections on June 9, communist leaders are showing their discontent.
And are attacking what they consider to be a political maneuver on the part of the government.
While Franck Riester, who pleads for a
“time of peaceful debate”
, castigates the
“opposition groups (who) exploit this legitimate debate for electoral purposes”,
following the Senate vote rejecting the ratification of the treaty, the The communists, for their part, had planned to include the text in their parliamentary niche on May 30 in the National Assembly.
Ten days before the community vote.
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A change in calendar which aroused their wrath.
“Shame on the government which is blocking the examination of Ceta in the National Assembly
,” mocked the national secretary of the Communist Party Fabien Roussel.
“Democracy is not “when I want, where I want, if I want””
, also quipped the deputy from the North on X. Gauged between 2 and 3% in voting intentions for the European elections, the head of the PCF list Léon Deffontaines did not mince his words.
“On the same day, this government announces a cut in public spending and flouts democracy
,” jeered the 28-year-old young man.
“Let’s not let them do it.
Let’s take back control!”
, he also urged.
A Ceta “good for France”
Although Franck Riester rejects any accusation of electoral calculation, the minister believes that
“everyone will be able to continue to express themselves during the campaign on trade”
.
Whatever the criticism, Ceta, which eliminates the main customs duties between the two signatory parties,
“is good for France.”
“When they are unfavorable, like the one with Mercosur, we oppose them
,” he argues.
Not enough to reassure the communist senator from Paris Ian Brossat, who is
“hallucinating”
.
For the municipal representative of the capital, the
“democratic fraud continues”
.