The President (Renaissance) of the National Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet advocated Sunday the holding of referendums on the question of the end of life, or even on a generalization of the universal national service (SNU), “subjects which concern the French .” “I am very favorable to referendums but on subjects which concern the French, not which concern elected officials. LCI.
“I consider that we should be able to consult the French on major subjects such as the end of life, a subject on which we consulted them via a citizen consultation, so very few of them via a draw” and which “deserves a great national debate”, developed the deputy of Yvelines. “We could also seize the French with a question that torments us all: how do we make a nation? How do we find national cohesion, how do we find our bearings?”, She continued. .
“The interest of a referendum is the debate that precedes”
If “it is not a question of restoring military service”, Yaël Braun-Pivet wants to “imagine, as the government did with the SNU, a time when we relearn our youth benchmarks, where we allow them to be in a social mix, to get out of their milieu. That, typically, is something that would allow us to form a nation, which would deserve a major national debate followed by a referendum”.
Because “the interest of a referendum is the debate that precedes it. It is not just a question of asking the French people if they agree, yes or no, on such and such a subject, but that they debate among themselves, whether it is a subject that animates our dinners, our Sundays with families, between friends, public meetings in the village square, and that in the end the French can decide”, estimated Yaël Braun-Pivet .
“It’s the reform of referendums”
The President of the Assembly, on the other hand, is opposed to a referendum on the pension reform, demanded by the left. “Above all, when we use the referendum (…), we must not oppose them to their representatives. So it does not seem good to solicit the French on a subject which has just been the subject of adoption in Parliament”. The referendum hypothesis was discussed at length on Wednesday during the meeting between Emmanuel Macron and the leaders of the political parties, in which Yaël Braun-Pivet, Gérard Larcher (Senate) and Thierry Beaudet (Economic, Social and Environmental Council) also participated. .
In addition, Yaël Braun-Pivet said she was skeptical about the advisability of reducing the number of parliamentarians, a measure which figured in Emmanuel Macron’s institutional reform projects during the first five-year term, taken up “in a personal capacity” this week by the owner of Renaissance Stéphane Séjourné.
“I am not convinced today, when we look at the National Assembly, that this is what should be done”. “I think that the priority, in the reform of our institutions, is really the French: how do we ensure that they are better represented – there we can talk about proportional representation -, how do we ensure that they are better heard – that is the reform of the referendum.”