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A few months before the European elections, the Renaissance group proposes to oblige town halls to install the European flag on their pediment. A proposal which encounters strong opposition among the Insoumis and National Rally deputies, and which leaves some majority deputies skeptical.
The flag of discord. One year before the European elections, the Renaissance group proposes this Tuesday to oblige mayors to install the European flag alongside the French flag on the pediment of their town hall. A proposal opposed by La France insoumise and the National Rally. But in the ranks of the majority group, the idea of imposing this flag does not have consensus either.
“Now is not the time. It will not change the lives of the French,” says a MoDem executive. François Bayrou’s party did not want to see this debate reach the National Assembly and therefore abstained last week during the vote in committee. A position that has ulcerated their macronist colleagues. So, to ease tensions, the deputy MoDem Erwan Balanant finally announced to fall into line.
The other parties equally divided on the issue
“It’s probably not the most important text of the moment, but it’s a text that won’t take time. And then, it will also remind us of the importance of the symbol of the European flag,” he explains. he at the microphone of Europe 1.
But the majority is not the only ones to be divided on the European flag. The Nupes, the Left Alliance, is also torn on the subject, between the pro-European socialists and the rebellious critics of the European Union. Just like the right, which intends to vote against this bill without real conviction or unanimity.