The extension of the health pass examined in the Senate: “We would leave for almost a year without democratic control – franceinfo

There shouldn’t be any surprises this Thursday, October 28. The upper assembly, with a majority of the Republicans, must amend the text unveiled by the government which provides in particular for the extension of the health pass until July 31. Nevertheless, the senators will propose to reduce this date to next February 28, that is to say at the end of the parliamentary session.

Senator LR Philippe Bas, rapporteur for the text, does not want to write a blank check to the government, considering that no one knows how the epidemic will develop. “Since things change all the time, the French have the right to have their representatives control the government. The best way to do that is to pass the law.” The majority The Republicans can even count on the support of the left.

“There was the Defense Council and come on, we are leaving for almost a year of health pass, health emergency, without democratic control. This is what the government is proposing and it is clearly unacceptable.”

Sophie Taillé-Polian, environmental senator from Val-de-Marne

franceinfo

Environmentalists are nevertheless more measured on the proposal to territorialize the past. In the majority, one cries with the political maneuver like François Patriat, senator of the Gold Coast. “We can evacuate some political ulterior motives that can delay things. It is not about taking freedoms from the French, it is about giving the government the freedom to act if the situation requires it. “ The executive is not very worried anyway. According to a government source, “lthe date of July 31 is not a subject for the French who have all accepted it, except a marginal fringe of the population“.