Info Le Figaro – The simplification of the electoral rules must be submitted once again to the deputies, by July 11, after the absence of deputies-Senator agreement.
The government wants its reform of the voting system in Paris, Lyon and Marseille. According to information from Figarohe chose to give the last word to the National Assembly, by the parliamentary break of July 11, on this text supposed to make the municipal elections of March 2026 more direct, in the three largest French cities.
This decision to move forward as quickly as possible was taken Tuesday morning, after the failure of the negotiations between seven deputies and seven senators, in joint joint committee (CMP). “”We have no choiceindicates a government source. We acceded – or even sold – to the Senate requests, which remained blocked in its position.» «The Senate made sure to energize the CMP and slam the door on the nose of the deputies on political patternsAdds another government source.
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No consensus was found between parliamentarians on the bill of the macronist deputy of Paris Sylvain Maillard, who defends a “Democratic principle”: “a Parisian equals a voice”, “a Lyon equals a voice”, “a Marseillais equals a voice”. It is a question of having these voters voted as those of other municipalities: they would vote for their elected officials on the scale of their city and no longer on the scale of their sector (in Marseille) or their arrondissement (in Paris and in Lyon).
This text, on which the “accelerated procedure” was activated, was largely adopted in the National Assembly in April, thanks to the support of the “Central Bloc”, the National Rally (RN) and the Insoumis, before being massively rejected in May by the Senate, dominated by the right. The Les Républicains (LR) party divide: its deputies support it, as they asked for the Minister of Culture Rachida Dati, foreseen to be a candidate in Paris, but his senators of this party oppose a “electoral tampering».
On Tuesday, the meeting between parliamentarians has overturned after fifteen minutes. The rapporteur of the National Assembly, the deputy Bayrouiste Jean-Paul Mattei, nevertheless tried, from the start, to take a step towards the senators, by reading a series of concessions. But the rapporteur of the Senate, Lauriane Josende (LR), replied that no compromise was possible.
“War declaration”
The president of the joint joint committee, the senator LR Muriel Jourda, then concluded that a very large majority of deputies being favorable to this law, and a very large majority of senators being hostile, there was no point in forcing a conclusive negotiation forin fine The text is again rejected by the Senate and adopted by the Assembly, during a final vote.
“The rapporteur of the Senate did not want to enter the negotiation while Mattei had set out the pole”regrets the rebellious deputy Nathalie Oziol, present at this meeting. “The other deputies, LR, LFI or RN did not speak to support Mattei”notes the centrist senator Isabelle Florennes, the only member of this commission from the Senate and favorable to this law. Before adding: “From the moment the two rapporteurs had acted last night that there was no possible agreement between them, the idea was that today everything went very quickly”.
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The choice of government to go to the end of the examination of the text is likely to extend its relations with the Republicans. “A declaration of war with LR”says a senator. “We are on the tightrope, we could get angry a little more”abounds another elected official from the Palais du Luxembourg.
In several cities concerned, leading elected officials push the government to give up this reform. “”I call the Prime Minister not to go into forcesays the socialist mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, And to give up this harmful project for democracy, in accordance with its commitment made before the Senate on February 19.“That day, François Bayrou said”do not imagine“, That a text”May be adopted on this subject without an agreement being found between the National Assembly and the Senate».
In Marseille, the president (Renaissance) of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, Renaud Muselier, insists: “I say to the government, which I have always supported but not on this subject: we have to stop the costs, stop tinkering with the elections less than a year from the ballot and that we are going to serious things. We are talking about millions of inhabitants in the three largest cities in France!».
