Tag: Senate
Understanding the controversial EU-Canada trade deal ahead of crucial Senate vote
Five years later, here is the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The controversial trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Canada is back in the public debate, driven…
Before the Senate committee on drug trafficking, lawyers plead in defense
The modest table in room A216 of the Senate had, this Thursday, March 14, the air of a tribune; or rather from the defense bench, when representatives of the National…
The Senate in turn very largely approves the agreement with Ukraine
After the National Assembly on Tuesday, the Senate largely approved the security agreement between France and Ukraine on Wednesday, despite certain reservations from the upper house where the presidential camp…
In the United States, the Senate now has control over the banning of TikTok
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (L), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Rep. Mike Gallagher after the vote, on Capitol Hill March 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. CHIP…
The US Senate adopts a budget text and avoids a “shutdown”
Published on 03/09/2024 at 11:06 a.m. Photo credit © Reuters by Richard Cowan and David Morgan…
The US Senate avoids a budgetary paralysis at the last minute
The Capitol in Washington (GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/Archives/WIN MCNAMEE) Joe Biden signed an agreement on the budget on Saturday, validated the evening before by the American senators, making it possible…
Maternity leave for mayors: the Senate votes to maintain income
As part of a transpartisan bill on the “status of local elected officials”, the senators returned to the incongruity raised by Léonore Moncond’huy, the environmentalist mayor of Poitiers, who had…
The Senate wants to again direct Livret A towards defense
After several unsuccessful attempts in Parliament, the Senate voted again on Tuesday to direct part of the Livret A savings towards the defense industry, affected by financing difficulties reinforced by…
The Senate wants to once again allocate part of Livret A savings to the defense industry
After several unsuccessful attempts in Parliament, the Senate voted again, Tuesday March 5, to allocate part of the Livret A savings to the defense industry, affected by financing difficulties reinforced…
Before the Senate commission on drug trafficking, Marseille magistrates call for a “Marshall plan”
Kalliste Park, in the northern districts of Marseille, May 10, 2022. CHRISTOPHE SIMON / AFP “We are losing the war. » Before the Senate commission of inquiry into drug trafficking,…
The Senate votes largely in favor of including abortion in the Constitution, the Congress meets on Monday
The inclusion of abortion in the Constitution passed its most delicate stage in Parliament on Wednesday with the favorable vote of the Senate, removing the last doubts surrounding the final…
IVG in the Constitution: fist raised, feminist activists explode with joy in the Senate
“We did it, we succeeded!” : feminist activists shout their joy Wednesday evening in the Senate after the vote in favor of including abortion in the Constitution, far from the…