They are 302 deputies to discover since Monday June 19 the golds of the National Assembly, between emotion and excitement to start the political fight. First reactions.
With our special correspondent at the Palais Bourbon, Pierre Olivier
For these deputies still unknown to the Assembly, you must first show your credentials to return. ” Mathieu, with only one “t”, thank you very much one of them said.
Once inside, you have to navigate the endless corridors and find the office where you can retrieve a small navy blue satchel that contains the MP’s belongings.
Rodrigo Arenas, 48, has just been elected in Paris for the Nupes. ” It’s a bit like going back to school because you’re a bit lost all the same, and we’ve actually been given all the material to work on, he says. There are the rules, there are computer equipment, there is obviously the scarf. »
The famous tricolor scarf, that of elected of the nation, Charles Rodwell, 25 years old, freshly elected for Together! in the Yvelines, shows it with great pride. ” To be elected deputy of the land on which I grew up, on which I live, it is true that it is particularly touching “, he confides.
Still a few hours before starting the debates
Among these new deputies, many impatient too who have only one desire: to start the debates. This is the case of Benjamin Lucas, 31, elected Nupes in the Yvelines: ” It’s moving, it’s a place steeped in history for the Republic, but we mustn’t let ourselves be impressed by the gilding and the stone, because the battles that await us require us to work now “.
The deputies have until Wednesday, June 22 to take advantage of these discovery days at the Assembly, then from the weekend the serious things will begin with the formation of the parliamentary groups and the election of their presidents.
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