EDOUARD PHILIPPE
“The project is disputed, it is discussed. The Assembly devoted a lot of its time to the discussion of the spirit of the reform, but also, nine hours to the discussion of the title of title 1 and a considerable time to wondering whether to replace ‘considering’ by ‘having regard’ … The time devoted to these perfectly considerable exchanges does not seem to me to relate to the deep meaning of this reform.
In other words, Mr. Abad, my ambition is of course that there is a debate, that it be the most serious, the most in-depth, collectively the most intelligent possible. If that is not possible, after many hours of debate, we find that it is not possible, so the Constitution authorizes, if necessary, the Prime Minister to use 49-3. It has already been seen in the past, I have a precise memory of Edouard Balladur, Prime Minister, obstructing obstruction with the 49-3 or Jean-Pierre Raffarin using it to advance the debate .
In other words, when you have to take responsibility, I do it without hesitation. I use the whole Constitution, nothing but the Constitution, but the whole Constitution. If this debate is alive, that it allows us to move forward in good conditions, fine. But you have to be clear. The majority fact, the government’s commitment, it exists. “
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