The ban on bullfighting will not be for today. LFI deputy Aymeric Caron finally withdrew his bill to abolish bullfighting in France, however promising a new “text” in the coming months.
22:43 – Jean-Luc Mélenchon enraged by the obstruction
The leader of the Insoumis also expressed his anger on the social network to the blue bird on Thursday evening. “Rage to see that the obstruction of the National Rally + The Republicans + the Macronists forces the withdrawal of the text of Aymeric Caron for the prohibition of bullfighting”, declared Jean-Luc Mélenchon, noting however: “Remains his moral victory : this is the first time that the subject has come to the podium of the National Assembly.
22:01 – A ban attempt in the 2000s
In France, bills have already been tabled to abolish bullfighting. The deputy Muriel Marland-Militello (UMP) had tried in 2004, then in 2007, to pass a text in this direction, but the approach had not succeeded. In 2008, another text, written differently but with a similar objective, was also tabled. But he was finally left without follow-up.
21:14 – After the withdrawal of the text aimed at banning bullfighting, the undisguised anger of the Animalist Party
The Animalist Party did not hide its disappointment. Expressing his “sadness” but also his “anger” on Twitter, he denounced “parliamentary obstruction”. “A minority of deputies, by tabling hundreds of ridiculous amendments, stole the vote for the sole purpose of perpetuating torture and killing,” he lamented.
20:31 – Aymeric Caron promises a new transpartisan bill
“What is happening today is not an end, it is only a beginning”, assured during his speech Aymeric Caron, after announcing the withdrawal of his bill aimed at abolishing the bullfighting in France. And for good reason, the LFI deputy does not intend to stop there. “With my colleagues from La France insoumise, I am going to table a new bill, a cross-party law which will be included in our debates as part of a week in the Assembly.”
7:45 p.m. – “We want to vote to clearly affirm our position”, says Emmanuelle Ménard
“Mr. Caron has treated the deputies who defend bullfighting as cowards and lacking courage and therefore he wishes to withdraw his text before we have been able to debate”, noted the various right-wing deputy Emmanuelle Ménard, in the hemicycle. Affirming to join the proposal of the president of the law commission, she explained that “there are deletion amendments. I remind you that these deletion amendments were adopted in committee so let’s go to the end of this discussion. last what? An hour. We will be able to decide”. And Emmanuelle Ménard to insist: “We want to go to the vote on these deletion amendments. We want to vote to clearly affirm our position. We defend bullfighting here, unlike you. But by doing what you have just done, Mr. Caron, it is you who are singularly lacking in courage today.”
7:02 p.m. – “You finally showed very little courage,” said MP Sacha Houlié
Aymeric Caron’s back-pedalling aroused strong criticism within the National Assembly. “There was a deletion amendment […] which, moreover, had been adopted by the committee. We think what we want: for or against. If this amendment had been examined, everyone could have, by a voting position, […] know the position of all the deputies. And including, if it was your goal, to say who opposes the abolition of bullfighting”, judged the deputy Renaissance (majority). And to add: “I sincerely regret that all this work has been vain and that this clarification did not take place. I think you ultimately showed very little courage.”
18:19 – Soon a new bill to abolish bullfighting?
After announcing the withdrawal of his bill aimed at banning bullfighting in France, LFI deputy Aymeric Caron certified that this should not be seen as the end of his fight, quite the contrary. “Bullfighting will soon be abolished in this country, I promise you that,” he said, saying that a new “text” will be “filed” in the coming months.
18:03 – Why did Aymeric Caron withdraw the text on the abolition of bullfighting?
If he withdrew his bill on the abolition of bullfighting, Aymeric Caron said he was forced to make this decision, pointing to the “parliamentary obstruction” of “more than 800 amendments” making it “impossible to reach a vote before the final deadline”. The Parisian elected official made a calculation according to which with an average of 20 minutes of discussion per amendment, 24 hours of debate would have been necessary before the vote, but all discussions must end at midnight at the latest. At the beginning of the debate, the deputy asked for the withdrawal of the amendments in vain since no text tabled by the opposition was withdrawn. After 40 minutes of speeches by the LFI deputies, the elected author of the bill therefore denounced “unworthy working methods” which did not make it possible to respond to the wishes of “87% of French people in favor of the prohibition of bullfighting” , a figure from an Ifop poll and several times quoted but the elected member of the LFI group.
5:47 p.m. – The withdrawal of the text castigated in the National Assembly
Aymeric Caron’s announcement on the withdrawal of the bill relating to bullfighting comes after the various speeches by LFI deputies who defended the abolition of bullfighting and before opposition deputies and defenders of the bullfighting practice could not be expressed. Deputy Nupes receives a shower of criticism for his decision, several elected officials have denounced a “lack of courage”, a man who “flees the debate” for fear that his proposal will not be accepted by “cutting off the general discussion just before” that “a differing opinion” is issued according to the LR deputy of Maine-et-Loire, Anne-Laure Blin.
5:39 pm – Aymeric Cayron announces the withdrawal of the text on the ban on bullfighting
Aymeric Cayron, initiator of the bill to ban bullfighting in France, spoke before the National Assembly and announced to everyone’s surprise the withdrawal of his text. “It costs me, it saddens me, but I have to face the facts, we will not be able to abolish bullfighting in France today”, he declared after denouncing the obstruction of deputies opposed to the ban. bullfighting. The applause of these same opponents followed the announcement of the deputy Nupes.
17:03 – Behind the scenes of bullfighting in detail
When it comes to bullfights, it is often the killing of the bull that is the most controversial, but critics of bullfighting also criticize the living and breeding conditions of animals intended to fight and die in the arena. . However, the breeders ensure that they pamper their animals and some even boast of “luxury” breeding. Questions also arise about killing techniques and the origins of the discipline. Find all the answers in our file.
4:34 p.m. – “We’re going to drive the point home!” : the aficionados hope to emerge victorious from the match
Before the debates, the defenders of bullfighting want to be confident. Corentin Carpentier, founder of the “Jeunes Aficionados” collective, judged after Internet user that “this bill has some lead in the wing because I believe that the bullfighting world has been able to mobilize, has been able to take the toro by the horns and step up to promote its culture, defend its freedoms. Pedagogy which we have shown is very important, it has allowed many deputies to realize what is happening and that it is an important cultural base. If the vote in favor of maintaining bullfighting is not certain, these thirties say they are “very happy” that the text is being debated: “we want to go into battle and win honestly. There was no question of win over a story of parliamentary obstruction by having convinced the deputies of our right. We are going to drive the point home. It will allow bullfighting to live on for years to come!”
16:18 – Who is Dominique Faure, the minister defending the government’s position?
It is therefore Dominique Faure who will defend the government’s position in favor of maintaining the current rules of bullfighting. Unknown to the general public, the Secretary of State for Rural Affairs was elected MP in the 10th constituency of Haute-Garonne last June. At 62, the former mayor of Saint-Orens, near Toulouse, went through Motorola, Cegetel, SFR, Altedia or even Veolia, in various director positions. Ex-high-level tennis player, she therefore descends into the arena this Thursday, she who has been very discreet since her arrival in the government at the beginning of July.
15:58 – The government, defender of bullfighting as it stands
If Emmanuel Macron spoke on Wednesday on the subject, thus implying the government’s position on bullfighting, the entourage of Dominique Faure, Secretary of State in charge of Rurality and sent to the front to defend the government’s arguments, confirmed at Free lunch that Aymeric Caron’s text will not be seconded. “She will defend the position of the government. That is to say, we oppose this bill aimed at abolishing bullfighting, trying to put things in perspective: we maintain bullfighting in the territories where it is currently authorized, and it remains prohibited elsewhere. We remain in the current situation, “he was told by the local daily in the south of France. This same source added: “We have just completed a tour of France of rurality, nobody, frankly, has broached this subject with us. I am not convinced that we should spend a lot of time debating this subject, while the French are faced with the questions of inflation and the cost of energy.”
15:43 – “Very moderately optimistic” anti-bullfights
While Aymeric Caron’s bill should begin to be debated at the end of the afternoon, the anti-bullfights confide in being “very measuredly optimistic” before the possible vote, as indicated by Thierry Hély, of the Federation struggles for the abolition of bullfights (Flac) in Internet user. Opponents of bullfighting blamed the blow after the unfavorable opinion issued by the law commission on the text. “We have confidence in politics. We tell ourselves that from the moment there is a very strong desire to abolish and that cruelty is proven, we tell ourselves that such a practice should have no difficulty in be abolished in 2022″, confided Sophie Maffre-Baugé, of the Biterrois anti-corrida liaison committee (Colbac). But there should indeed be a fierce fight in the hemicycle. Will the “great hope” be satisfied?