The upper house, the Senate, opposed the extension of sanitary restrictions, proposing to withdraw from the state of emergency & nbsp; already on February 28 & nbsp; However, the debate in the & nbsp; lower house & nbsp; & mdash; The National Assembly, which lasted & nbsp; night from & nbsp; Wednesday to & nbsp; Thursday until & nbsp; 3 o'clock in the morning, and & nbsp; completed their & nbsp; vote overcame the senators' intention to limit the powers of the government that proposed an extension of the restrictive measures.
If the Senate is dominated by the right-wing critical of the government, the National Assembly tends to support the decisions of the executive branch.
The draft was ultimately approved by 147 votes to 125, with & nbsp; two abstentions.
The story repeats itself with the & nbsp; introduction of a sanitary passport in & nbsp; July 2021, when the Senate and the & nbsp; National Assembly fought each other. The first, having approved in general a sanitary passport, demanded a change in the law in the & nbsp; side of its mitigation. The second & nbsp; same & nbsp; agreed with the & nbsp; government and & nbsp; President Emmanuel Macron, who declared that & nbsp; “ no freedom does not & nbsp; exist without & nbsp; obligations. '' The National Assembly won.
The sanitary passport was introduced and & nbsp; is now strictly valid on & nbsp; all over France & nbsp; & mdash; without a & nbsp; certificate of & nbsp; vaccination or fresh analysis, you can not go to & nbsp; cafes and & nbsp; restaurants, board & nbsp; planes or long-distance trains. Without & nbsp; completed vaccinations, access to the & nbsp; country is difficult due to & nbsp; Schengen borders.
The bill has now gone to the & nbsp; Senate, where it will be debated today, and & nbsp; will return to the & nbsp; National Assembly on & nbsp; Friday for a final reading & nbsp; … The last word on the & nbsp; constitution & nbsp; & mdash; for & nbsp; the lower house, and & nbsp; her opinion was unequivocally sounded on November 4 & nbsp;
Sanitary restrictions in France will almost certainly be extended by Saturday. How long will now be decided not by the parliament, but by the government within the framework of the powers given to it.
The new deadline for July 31 & nbsp; unties his hands.
This means, in & nbsp; in particular, that & nbsp; next year's presidential elections may be & nbsp; within the current sanitary restrictions.
However , they will affect the minority of the French population. According to & nbsp; data on & nbsp; 3 & nbsp; November 3, 2021 & nbsp; already 86.9% of French citizens have completely completed vaccination since & nbsp; 12 years.
Alexey Tarkhanov, Paris