The New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes) showed unfailing unanimity in paying tribute, on Tuesday July 19, to Moussa Sylla, a Mauritanian cleaner, who died after a work accident. by washing a parking lot of the National Assembly, at the beginning of the month. Many deputies of the Nupes have formed a body for a good half hour on the overheated pavement, in front of the Palais-Bourbon, before returning to their seats for questions to the government. On the other hand, the vote on the bill on purchasing power, the first major parliamentary meeting of Emmanuel Macron’s second five-year term, could introduce some dissonance within the union of the left.
Tuesday evening, while the debates on the bill could stretch until the end of the week, barring a surprising turnaround, the Nupes will not vote with one voice. For the moment, it is divided into two. La France insoumise (LFI) and the environmental group will vote against. Mainly for arguments of “social regression” according to Manuel Bompard, LFI deputy for Bouches-du-Rhône, “Where are the purchasing power gains? This law sucks. » Mainly for arguments of “ecological regression”, according to Sandra Regol, Europe Ecologie-Les Verts (EELV) deputy for Bas-Rhin, who protests against certain provisions provided for in the bill to deal with a possible energy crisis this winter: “Importing shale gas would be a historic setback. And the return of coal-fired power plants? In the middle of a heat wave? We are in the fourth dimension, there. This text is not “votable”. And the government that does not want to discuss…”
The Communists and the Socialists, they are still hesitating as to the position to adopt in the final vote. But both groups are likely headed for abstention. “We all say the same thing with different music, However, assures Sébastien Jumel, Communist deputy of Seine-Maritime. Our only compass must be people. Through this bill, there is meager progress. Crumbs are distributed, such as the revaluation of social minima. We’re not going to say no. »
“Consensus on the weakness, even the dangerousness of the text”
The boss of the Socialist Party (PS), Olivier Faure, deputy of Seine-et-Marne, justifies this possible abstention: “Basically, we all agree. The text opens up the possibility of bonuses against the increase in wages and revaluations are below the level of inflation. The subject is the incomprehension of the general public if we vote against. The French, may not understand that we do not take what there is to take. »
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