Edouard Philippe in an almost empty Assembly for questions to the government. – LUDOVIC MARIN-POOL / SIPA
Will the application wanted by the government be launched? The debate planned for The national assembly April 28 on
mobile data tracking in the fight against
the coronavirus will be followed by a vote of deputies, a parliamentary source announced on Tuesday.
Faced with disputes on this sensitive subject which affects public freedoms., the Prime Minister,
Edouard Philippe, Did not close the door to a possible vote of parliamentarians.
The divided “walkers”
Monday, the leader of the deputies LREM Gilles Le Gendre had gnashed his teeth by believing that the debate was “essential” but that “the vote would bring nothing more”, because of health rules and staff “very reduced To the Assembly. These will however be increased to 75 deputies next week.
“Voting will be very, very complicated” among “walkers”, according to a member of the majority group. Elected LR, PS, PCF, EELV or LFI had in turn demanded a vote on this project, also criticized by some in the majority for its risks concerning the privacy of users, even if it is presented as not derogating from personal data regulations.
The CNIL opinion awaited
According to Secretary of State for Digital Cédric O, the tracing application will however not be “ready for April 28 and 29”, the date of the debate before the Senate, and the “discussion can hardly give rise to a vote that would give a yes or no on an element that has not been finalized ”. The CNIL (national computer and freedoms commission) must decide before the parliamentary debate on this tracking tool.
The application envisaged by the executive, “StopCovid”, should allow the user to be warned if he has come across a person infected with the virus. It would operate on a voluntary basis. President Emmanuel Macron announced on April 13 his wish to see Parliament seize this controversial issue, with a view to deconfinement from May 11.
