A flammable debate on the eve of a visit by Emmanuel Macron to Tel Aviv. The government will reaffirm its balancing position on the Middle East before the deputies on Monday, with the hope that the “spirit of unity” will prevail there, undermined by a controversy surrounding the trip of Yaël Braun-Pivet in Israel.
This debate without a vote, organized under article 50-1 of the Constitution, must start at 4:00 p.m. with a statement from the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, followed by speeches by the speakers of the groups and the presidents of the Affairs committees. Foreign and European Affairs. The government closes the discussion.
It takes place the day after a trip to Israel by the President of the Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet, in the company of LR boss Eric Ciotti, during which she affirmed that France “fully” supported Israel and that nothing was to “prevent” the country “from defending itself” in the war pitting it against Hamas.
“Despicable” accusations
“Meanwhile Madame Braun-Pivet is camped in Tel Aviv to encourage the massacre of the Palestinian people! », vilified the leader of rebellious France Jean-Luc Mélenchon on X (ex-Twitter). An attack condemned in turn by numerous elected officials, from the majority, from LR, from the RN and even from the PS, where MP Valérie Rabault denounced “abject accusations (…)”.
The debate will be an opportunity for the government to reiterate its position, brought to Cairo on Saturday by Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, and which she thus summarized in an interview with La Tribune Sunday : “Condemn Hamas and its terrorist action, avoid conflagration in the region and to do this recall that we need a political horizon around the two-state solution, recall that international humanitarian law must be respected, and of course obtain emergency humanitarian access for civilian populations in Gaza.
“Faced with the seriousness of the situation”, Colonna wants “to believe that the spirit of unity and the sense of responsibility will prevail during this debate”.