The health bill aimed at combating the Covid-19 pandemic has just passed an important stage. The National Assembly gave the first green light to the text, amputated a key article on the possible return of the health pass for “extra-hexagonal” trips.
Examined at first reading at the Palais-Bourbon, the bill was adopted by 221 votes against 187 during the final vote on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday. He must now go to the Senate.
RN, LR and Nupes against an article
Article 2 of the “health watch and security” bill had been rejected a little earlier by 219 votes to 195, thanks to a combination of votes from the RN, LR and a majority of the alliance of left Nupes (LFI, communists and ecologists). This provided for the possibility, if necessary, of reinstating the health pass for travel to or from abroad.
On the other hand, the text confirms the expiry on August 1 of the “exorbitant common law” framework of the state of health emergency and the crisis management regime put in place at the end of May 2021. It is now reduced for the essential to its article 1, which allows, due to a still fragile epidemic situation, to continue to collect health data on screening tests (SI-DEP device). The two remaining articles, on the modalities of parliamentary monitoring, have been merged into one.