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4:55 p.m. : #directAN #QAG @BorisVallaud makes those who welcome Ukrainian refugees applaud. The RN does not react. @Elisabeth_Borne responds to him, says he admires the determination of the Ukrainian people and pays tribute to him. All the benches applaud standing. Reluctant #RN elected officials follow.
4:55 p.m. : On the side of the hemicycle, the president of the PS group Boris Vallaud made applaud the people who welcome Ukrainian refugees.
4:40 p.m. : It is the turn of Rachel Keke (LFI) to challenge the government. “You don’t pay your rent with bonuses and checks! You don’t feed your children every day with bonuses and checks!”launches the deputy of Val-de-Marne who recalls the will of the Nupes to raise the minimum wage to 1,500 euros. “You are in the incantation, we are in the action”replies Minister Olivier Dussopt.
4:26 p.m. : “The major challenge we have before us is illustrated by this episode of heat”assures Minister Christophe Béchu, who says his “emotion” to be in the hemicycle. He recalls that the Prime Minister has asked members of the government to deploy on the territory to respond to this heat wave.
4:16 p.m. : First for Sandrine Rousseau (EELV) as well. She challenges Christophe Béchu, Minister of Ecological Transition, on climate change. “How are our elderly people going to spend the summer (…) The summer is going to be hot, what are you preparing?”she asks.
4:01 p.m. : Great first also for Pap Ndiaye who speaks in the hemicycle. The Minister of National Education says he is aiming “a school committed to excellence for all”.
3:58 p.m. : “And the rise of Islamism in our colleges and high schools? Is it a fantasy?”challenges the RN deputy Roger Chudeau who castigates the fact that Pap Ndiaye, the Minister of National Education, “has no educational policy“.
3:51 p.m. : Jean-François Carenco, Minister Delegate for Overseas France, also speaks for the first time in the hemicycle. He explains that the bill on purchasing power will adapt to the specificities of overseas territories.
3:49 p.m. : If you missed the moment when the President of the National Assembly took over Danielle Simonnet who did not greet her during her speech, here it is on video:
3:47 p.m. : This is the third time that the Minister of Health, François Braun, has answered questions from the opposition on the crisis in the hospital, which is therefore mobilizing the deputies for these QAGs.
3:54 p.m. : “Yes, our health system is sick”, recognizes François Braun. This is the first time that the Minister of Health has spoken in the hemicycle. He defends the 41 measures of his flash report to spend the summer in the emergency services.
3:32 p.m. : Mélanie Thomin, PS deputy (who beat Richard Ferrand in the legislative elections), challenges the Minister of Health on his flash mission. “These recommendations do not respond to the emergency crisis”she says. “How many deaths will it take for you to finally take action?”she adds.
3:30 p.m. : The LFI Danielle Simonnet rebuffed in the hemicycle after her question to the government by the President of the Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, for not having greeted her in the introduction. On its benches, the RN applauds. #DirectAN
3:29 p.m. : When the President of the National Assembly rebuffed Danielle Simonnet for not having greeted her, the RN applauded, reveals a colleague.
3:31 p.m. : “You accuse us of wanting to burn the cash but you want to break the bank! We offer a responsible path“, answers the Minister of Public Accounts, Gabriel Attal, to the deputy Fabrice Brun who asks him about the budget.
3:32 p.m. : La Nupes expresses its dissatisfaction to see Olivia Grégoire, Secretary of State, respond in place of Bruno Le Maire. “Yes, Madame Simonnet, the Minister of the Economy did his job. He received Uber but also Netflix, Doctolib, Blackmarket…”replies Olivia Grégoire.
3:17 p.m. : The President of the National Assembly tackles Danielle Simonnet who did not greet her.
3:17 p.m. : “Ah the exemplary Republic so vaunted by Emmanuel Macron! This is the Macron Uber Gate state scandal”attacks MP LFI Danielle Simonnet about the revelations of the UberFiles. “A minister of the Republic would have served the interests of an American company”, continues the elected Parisian. “We demand a parliamentary commission of inquiry”she said again.
3:10 p.m. : “Just, a few seconds, and regarding OQTFs [Obligation de quitter le territoire français] ?“, replies Marine Le Pen at the microphone.
3:09 p.m. : “You haven’t read Emmanuel Macron’s program, this measure was there”responds to the platform the Prime Minister who again details the program of the president. “I will not seek the voices of the National Front”, again confirms Elisabeth Borne, who speaks of a difference in “values” with the RN. “My DNA, my spine, is called the Republic”adds the head of government.
3:18 p.m. : “I welcome this step towards us”assures Marine Le Pen about Gérald Darmanin’s announcement aimed at deporting foreigners who have committed serious acts. “We will vote on this measure tomorrow”continues the president of the RN group who asks that the obligations to leave the territory be effective.
3:11 p.m. : And let’s go for the QAG! For the first time in this 16th legislature, the deputies of this new Assembly will be able to question the government. First to speak: Marine Le Pen, the president of the RN group. For follow the session in video and live, it’s here.
2:17 p.m. : We have just received the list of all the deputies who will put questions to the government today in the hemicycle. The president of RN Marine Le Pen will be the first to speak, she will question Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne. Danielle Simonnet (LFI) will also question the head of government as will Boris Vallaud, the president of the PS group.
2:11 p.m. : Hello, I have just received the list of speakers from the Renaissance group (ex-LREM) which I am communicating to you below. As I am more particularly the majority, it has been sent to me, but I will ask the opposition to send me their speakers as well.
1. Benjamin Haddad to Gérald Darmanin on French security. 2. Fadila Khattabi to Olivier Dussopt on purchasing power measures. 3. Jean-François Rousset to François Braun on the five-year health priorities. 4. Xavier Roseren to Christophe Béchu on the fight against climate change. 5. Brigitte Klinkert to Chrysoula Zacharopoulou on the results of the French Presidency of the European Union.
2:15 p.m. : Hello, what are the Questions to the Government that could be asked this afternoon in the National Assembly? Thanks.
10:09 : For his part, the interim president of the RN, Jordan Bardella, announces on franceinfo that his party will “call for a fact-finding mission” parliamentary, “because it is our role as opponents to control the action of the government”.
10:09 : After the revelations on the “deal” between Uber and Emmanuel Macron in Bercy, the Nupes will ask, in half an hour, the National Assembly, theopening of a parliamentary inquiry. The latter could be launched this summer, if the majority accepts it, or at the end of the year if the left has to wait for its “right to draw”.
10:09 : “When I take an Uber, very often I am told ‘Hello Mr. Mayor’ and the driver takes me back to Clichy-sous-Bois, because it is also the city where he lives, or the neighboring city.”
On France Inter, this new member of the executive, still mayor of Clichy-sous-Bois, points out that Uber has enabled many young people from working-class neighborhoods to “find outlets” professionals and “bounce”. “This is not a solution”he nuances.
10:09 : “Of course, a Minister of the Economy is in contact with the economic players in a sector. Of course, when there are new entrants linked to the digital revolution, (…) we must ensure that they have their place and that this place is regulated, framed by legislation.
Guest of “4 Truths”, on France 2, the minister defends the Emmanuel Macron’s links with Uber in Bercywhich aimed to “find solutions so that the ecosystem is the most favorable to the development of the economy“.
(ICIJ / RADIO FRANCE)