The speech of Adrien Quatennens caused a small incident on Tuesday at the Palais-Bourbon. The intervention of the deputy, the first since his return to the Assembly in mid-January, caused a brief uproar in the hemicycle, leading to a suspension of the session during the debates on the pension reform.
Shortly after 10:30 p.m., the announcement of the imminent intervention of the deputy, suspended from the group of LFI deputies after his conviction for domestic violence, sparked boos and slams from the desk in the ranks of the majority. “It’s a shame,” said the leader of the Renaissance deputies Aurore Bergé. “What is happening tonight cannot be ignored. It’s scandalous, ”added Macronist MP Pierre Cazeneuve.
Return to calm after the adjournment
On the left, several deputies left their places at the announcement of the intervention, in particular the ecologists Sandrine Rousseau, Marie-Charlotte Garin, Sophie Taillé-Polian and Sandra Regol, as well as the communist Elsa Faucillon. “We didn’t ask for spotlights. We just acted consciously. And in silence, ”said Sandra Regol.
Faced with what he described as “a kind of tumult”, the vice-president RN Sébastien Chenu, who chaired the debates, decided to suspend the meeting. After two points of order from deputies Benjamin Sainte-Huile (Liot) and Emmanuelle Menard (related RN), Adrien Quatennens was then able to defend his amendment to delete article 1, aimed at the extinction of special regimes. The pension reform will “make 100% losers”, he assured.
“It’s complicated that he’s coming back tonight, this week, right now”, for her part lamented on BFMTV the boss of the Greens Marine Tondelier, who “had