First setback for the government in the Assembly on the health bill

Published on: 07/13/2022 – 09:32 Opposition deputies (National Rally, Republicans and Nupes) rejected two of the four articles of the bill on the possibility of imposing the health pass at the borders in the event of the emergence of a new variant of COVID-19, one of the key measures of the text. A first failure for the government of Elisabeth Borne. Chaotic session, truncated text. The government, deprived of an absolute majority in Parliament, suffered a first setback in the Assembly on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday July 13 on the health bill, adopted while being amputated from a key article on the possible return of a health pass for entry into France. The Minister of Health, François Braun, regretted on Wednesday July 13 that an “alliance of circumstances” had led the National Assembly to reject part of the health bill aimed at to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. An extraordinary victory, the health pass at the borders has just been rejected by the National Assembly. The time when the President took Parliament as a recording chamber for his follies is over!!! #DirectAN #COVID19— N. Dupont-Aignan (@dupontaignan) July 12, 2022 The health pass at the borders The deputies of the National Rally (RN, far right), the Republicans (LR, right) and the left alliance Nupes led by La France insoumise (LFI, far left) rejected two of the four articles of the bill, and in particular refused the government the possibility of imposing the health pass at the borders in the event of the emergence of a new variant of COVID-19 , one of the key measures of the text. This vote, which took place in the middle of the night, highlighted the political difficulties that President Emmanuel Macron will face during his second term after losing an absolute majority in the National Assembly during the legislative elections of the month. last “The hour is serious”, reacted the Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne on Twitter. “By joining forces to vote against the protective measures for the French against Covid LFI, the LRs and the RN prevent any border control against the virus. After the disbelief on this vote, I will fight so that the spirit of responsibility prevails in the Senate.” The situation is serious. By joining together to vote against the measures to protect the French against Covid LFI, the LR and the RN prevent any border control against the virus. After the disbelief on this vote, I will fight so that the spirit of responsibility wins in the Senate. — Élisabeth BORNE (@Elisabeth_Borne) July 12, 2022 “To convince” His Minister of Health, François Braun, whose baptism of fire in the National Assembly was also said to turn to the upper house of Parliament, where the presidential camp does not have a majority either, to try to have the text adopted. “I will continue to fight, to convince, from this afternoon in the Senate (…) that we must defend these provisions, (…) keep this possibility of protecting the French”, he declared on RTL. Recalling that the risk of emergence of a dangerous variant of COVID-19 is not not ruled out, the former emergency doctor said he was surprised that, faced with what he presented as “the choice of collective responsibility and individual”, he heard in the Hemicycle remarks “which have nothing to do with health”. With AFP