In the National ***embly, the “co-construction” wanted by Macron threatened by the stigma of pensions

The hemicycle of the National ***embly, in April. SARAH MEYSSONNIER/REUTERS

The word has been on everyone’s lips for almost a year: the “co-construction“. AT the ***embly, almost no text escapes this mantra. The President of the Republic himself made himself the spokesperson, during a speech devoted to the debates to come on the end of life.

Because, for lack of an absolute majority in the Lower House, the executive has had, over the months, to try its hand at “compromise» and to «negotiationswith the different political forces that make up the Hemicycle of the Palais Bourbon. And the government has repeatedly promised a “new method”more focused on “consultation” with the opposition. With more or less success depending on the texts.

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On the renewable energy law, the macronists, for example, were able to count on the collaboration of the socialists, who finally voted for the text. Same thing on the nuclear acceleration bill, where the majority managed to work with the communists and the right LR. Ditto finally on the transpartisan weeks…