With its text against bullfighting, rebellious France hopes to come out to cheers. For this, she must find supporters on all the benches. That turns out well. Beyond the unconditional support of the environmental group, it will have support for the PCF and the PS. It could also recover votes from a fringe of macronists and even in the ranks of… the far right, where the debate is raging.
The RN is divided between fans of “animal welfare” and defenders of popular traditions, well anchored among elected officials from the south. Thus, the deputy of Bouches-du-Rhône Emmanuel Taché de la Pagerie recently invited to the Assembly a former bullfighter, André Viard, and a breeder of bulls, Benjamin Cuillé. His colleague, the deputy of Yonne Julien Odoul, brought him to the Palais-Bourbon an activist from the League of Animals. “I have no problem voting for a text by Aymeric Caron. The cause is more important than the political differences, ”explains the latter. Marine Le Pen’s group would have a dozen fierce anti-bullfighting for around forty supporters (out of 89 members).
“The animalist divide transcends all camps”
On a “personal basis”, Marine Le Pen defends the ban on bullfighting for minors. A way to cut the pear in half. “The animalist cleavage transcends all camps, between suburban, peri-urban France and that of farming areas which has a different relationship to animals”, summarizes the communicator Renaud Large, author of “Shock of species” (editions of the Dawn).
If the games are open, everything will also depend on the order in which Caron’s bill is passed. Currently listed in fourth position in the parliamentary niche of the Insoumis, on November 24, it could not even be examined if the previous texts (in particular on abortion in the Constitution and on the increase in the minimum wage) exhaust the time for debate, limited to a few hours, by the regulations. “It is not excluded, in the event of obstruction by our adversaries, to remove texts, confides an executive of LFI. If necessary, we will adapt our strategy”.