This is the outcome of a debate between LR and LFI on… clothing. This Wednesday, the deputies voted for the obligation to wear a jacket in the hemicycle for men and the “recommended” tie, according to parliamentary sources. It is the office of the Assembly, its highest collegial body, which specified the “dress of town” already claimed in its “general instructions”.
The proposal submitted to the office simply suggested to “recommend” jacket and tie for men. But a vote took place in favor of “the compulsory jacket” in the hemicycle, indicates a parliamentary source. “The wearing of shorts and Bermuda shorts is prohibited”, which was already de facto prohibited by the request for “city clothes”. The subject of “dress in session” was put on the agenda at the request of Éric Ciotti (LR), quaestor of the institution.
A clothing revolution in 2017
Deploring “a form of laxity in dress and behavior of an increasing number of deputies, in particular from LFI”, he had pleaded in July for “an obligation to wear a tie for men” with the president of the Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet (Renaissance).
The Insoumis Louis Boyard, 22, had parodied the quaestor’s letter, pointing to “a form of arrogance in dress and behavior of an increasingly large number of deputies, in particular at LREM, LR and RN”. And he had called for “the banning of costumes at indecent prices”.
The wearing of the tie has seriously declined in the world of work and the Assembly, a place steeped in rites and conventions, is gradually coming into unison. Already in 2017, with the landing of the first rebellious deputies, a clothing revolution had begun: the office of the Assembly had to officially enact the right for deputies to sit without a jacket or tie.
The office has just come back to wearing a jacket, which is now compulsory in meetings for men. “The office of the Assembly has just voted the wearing of the compulsory jacket for the deputies. Incredible sense of priorities. Fortunately, we don’t have 10 million poor people in our country, ”said LFI deputy Damien Maudet on Twitter.