The majority discovers the expenses of a majority only relative to the National Assembly. By a combination of RN-Nupes-LR votes aimed at removing the possibility of requiring a vaccination pass for minors in the event that this certificate is reinstated for travel to or from abroad, the government has been defeated, this Tuesday evening.
Several elected officials from the RN-Nupes-LR formations had tabled identical amendments to the “health watch and safety” bill, on a specific point of article 2, allowing if necessary to restore this pass for “extra” travelers. -hexagonaux” from 12 years old. The bulk vote for these amendments was won by supporters of an age raised to 18, by 196 votes to 183.
A round of applause
The result of this vote was greeted with thunderous applause from the benches of the parties behind these amendments. Work was able to resume calmly after a suspension of the session.
Rémy Rebeyrotte (Renaissance, Ex-LREM), deplored a “football match atmosphere” in the hemicycle, while France has just passed the milestone of 150,000 deaths from Covid-19. All other previous votes on elements of this text have been won by majority. A vote on the whole text is expected later in the evening or night.
Faced with a still fragile epidemic situation, this bill also makes it possible to continue to collect health data on screening tests (SI-DEP device), a provision which has been approved.