Thursday, November 24, at the National Assembly, the deputy Olivier Serva launched: “You’re going to close it” in the direction of the Renaissance deputies. This invective took place during the vote on a text to reinstate unvaccinated caregivers.
During a session in the National Assembly, Thursday, November 24, the deputy Olivier Serva, of the LIOT group (freedoms, independents, overseas and territories), launched “You will close it” to Renaissance deputies. Before getting carried away, the deputy had denounced the “obstructive regulations” used by the majority to prevent debate on the reintegration of unvaccinated caregivers. The session at the National Assembly was suspended for five minutes following these remarks. “We are living a lunar evening”, was moved, Caroline Fiat, rebellious rapporteur of the bill, in remarks reported by France info. For his part, Olivier Véran, spokesperson for the government, deplored a “level of tension never seen in twelve years of Parliament”.
Indeed, for a few months, slippages and violent remarks seem to be multiplying in the hemicycle. On October 11, two National Rally deputies had received calls to order from the President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet. The first was addressed to Frédéric Boccaletti, who had described the Minister of National Education, Pap Ndiaye, as a “communitarian”. Earlier that same day, the Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, had been called a “coward” by the elected RN Alexandre Loubet. Between the motions of censure filed by LFI and by the RN and the use of 49.3 by the presidential majority, the debates are tense and the controversies are multiplying. Thus, on November 3, 2022, the racist remarks made by the deputy RN Grégoire de Fournas, “that they return to Africa”, caused the commotion of the deputies.
Are the deputies under too much pressure which would explain the multiplication of incidents in session? According to information from Parisian, the President of the National Assembly will organize a meeting with the leaders of the parliamentary groups, Tuesday, November 29, in order to study the pace of work of the deputies. In addition to fatigue, elected officials complain of not being able to legislate in good conditions: “Again this week, we had a meeting until 3:30 a.m. And the next day, we continued at 9 a.m. “, a indicated the vice-president RN of the Assembly Sébastien Chenu to the newspaper. Several avenues would be considered to lighten the workload: allow MPs to stay in their constituency every Friday, limit night sittings to one per week and finish at 8 p.m. two days a week.