a brand new components for inquiries to the federal government | EUROtoday
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VS’has been a convention within the hemicycle since its institution in 1974 by Jacques Chirac. Questions to the federal government will now be divided into two periods, as a substitute of 1 two-hour session thus far on Tuesday. From November 21, MPs should do this new components for ten weeks. Symbol of French political life and the National Assembly, the QAGs usually give memorable, comical or emotionally wealthy scenes. However, it’s not unusual to look at an nearly empty hemicycle on the finish of the two-hour session, as famous by Huffington Post.
“Questions to the government are an essential element of the National Assembly’s control over the government,” underlined Yaël Braun-Pivet on RTL on October 3. “But which, over time, with the various reforms, has lost its interest and its effectiveness. »
A not so new formula
This new formula tested by the National Assembly therefore simply proposes dividing the single session into two: “We will return to the rhythm of two weekly sessions of questions to the government,” introduced the President of the Lower House. From now on, MPs will ask their inquiries to the federal government throughout a 1 hour 15 minute session on Tuesday and 45 minutes on Wednesday.
READ ALSO The indiscreet – Braun-Pivet tries to “pacify” the AssemblyBefore this alteration, the only Tuesday session had itself been proposed by Richard Ferrand in 2019. Before him, the periods have been divided into two one-hour periods, Tuesday and Wednesday.
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