Prime Minister Jean Castex in the National Assembly. (drawing) – BERTRAND GUAY / AFP
Jean Castex will deliver a statement on Thursday, which will be followed by a debate and a vote before the two chambers of parliament, “on the evolution of the health situation and the measures necessary to respond to it,” Matignon said on Wednesday. “This debate will be held in the morning in the National Assembly and then in the Senate in the afternoon,” said Matignon, adding that it was carried out on the basis of article 50-1 of the Constitution which does not does not engage the responsibility of the government.
He will intervene the day after a speech by Emmanuel Macron, expected Wednesday at 8 p.m., in the face of the third wave of the Covid-19 epidemic. During the last parliamentary liaison committee, bringing together the Prime Minister and the various group leaders in the Assembly and the Senate on March 17, Jean Castex committed to appear before Parliament in the event of new decisions of national scope.
Nineteen departments are currently subject to containment measures, including those of Ile-de-France and Hauts-de-France, but the trend remains worrying with an increase in the figures putting the hospital under very strong tension .