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The National Assembly is making a strong comeback as a place of control of government action. Will the president’s mandate be played out at the Palais-Bourbon? Interview by Francois-Guillaume Lorrain Published on
Point : Everyone agrees to declare this Assembly ungovernable. But doesn’t the experience of 1988, when Michel Rocard lacked 15 deputies, show the opposite? Arnaud Teyssier: The circumstances are very different. As you recall, 13 votes were missing and not more than 40 as today. Moreover, we were coming out of two years of cohabitation, of a habit of working with Parliament. There was especially the 49-3. Finally, we have to see who was in charge, a François Mitterrand experienced in political and maneuvering culture, and a Prime Minister, Michel Rocard, also endowed with long political experience. And a high-level lawyer, Guy Carcassonne, present daily. In short, we were in another era with a human factor of… HELENE BAMBERGER/FIGAROPHOTO
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Arnaud Teyssier, historian. Latest work published: “Tomorrow the Ve Republic ? (Perrin), directed with Hervé Gaymard.
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