2023-11-05 20:57:09
Emmanuel Macron in Daoulas (Finistère), Friday November 3. POOL / VIA REUTERS
As he announced, President Emmanuel Macron wrote to the various leaders of French political parties to invite them to a new meeting in Saint-Denis on November 17, made known on (formerly Twitter), the boss of EELV Marine Tondelier.
“The party leaders have just been invited again by the President of the Republic to a meeting in Saint-Denis on November 17”, she wrote. And to continue: “Environmental and social justice issues are still not on the agenda. It’s quite amazing in reality. » The invitation was confirmed to Agence France-Presse by the entourage of another party official.
In this letter, Emmanuel Macron proposes lowering the threshold to one million voters, compared to nearly 5 million currently, to allow the organization of a shared initiative referendum.
The head of state suggests also lowering the number of parliamentarians required (93 against 185) and “also give citizens the opportunity to take the initiative” why RIP “while today only parliamentarians can launch the procedure”. Introduced in a constitutional reform in 2008, no RIP has yet been successful.
Emmanuel Macron finally suggested to the leaders of the parties represented in Parliament to modify the Constitution to broaden the scope of the referendum to “social issues”in order to be able to submit to direct universal suffrage texts relating in particular to immigration.
“It would involve both taking up bills relating to so-called “societal” issues such as the end of life sometimes mentioned, but also broader reforms affecting several intertwined aspects, as is the case with questions migratory issues which concern sovereign, economic, social or even diplomatic matters”writes the head of state.
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