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CHRONIC. Every day, the opposition engages in publicity stunts, at the risk of creating weariness and disillusionment in public opinion.
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By Sophie Coignard
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En commission, we work. In public session, there is controversy. It’s not new. But the new face of the hemicycle today pushes this difference to the point of caricature.
On Tuesday alone, at least three events of varying importance contributed to an unflattering image of national representation. At the start of the afternoon, the elected representatives of the LFI group arrived at the National Assembly in tie. They take the break and make the buzz. The idea is to thumb its nose at deputy LR Éric Ciotti, who last week demanded without an official letter “the obligation to wear a tie for men” during the sessions. This is not the first controversy over the dress code at the Palais Bourbon. But it’s a strange way to defend the revaluation of Par…
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