This meeting around the president announced last week could lead to the development of a “preferendum”, the government spokesman, Olivier Véran, announced on Monday.
The choice of this school created in 1809 and located near the Saint-Denis basilica has a “symbolic value”, that of “meritocracy”, said the person in charge of democratic renewal on BFMTV on Monday morning.
A symbolic place after the summer riots
“It is a school for girls whose parents have been rewarded by the nation for special merit,” the minister said.
The establishment exclusively accommodates “the daughters, granddaughters and great-granddaughters of French and foreigners decorated with the Legion of Honor, the Military Medal and the National Order of Merit”.
“And it is in Saint-Denis, which is a city that suffered riots” at the end of June or beginning of July, explained Olivier Véran.
“Nothing is ordered, nothing is predetermined”
This “afternoon of work that the President of the Republic wants to be productive” must be organized around “several axes,” the government spokesman said.
“First the international axis (…) but also on how to form a nation, on the return of authority, on migration issues,” he explained.
Although each of the party leaders is invited to submit proposals, “nothing is decided, nothing is predetermined,” said the government spokesman.
Macron “open” to try a “preferendum”
In a letter addressed to the parties, the Head of State stressed that the objective was to build legislative texts “together” and pave the way, “if necessary”, for referendums.
But the president is also “open” to try “a preferendum”, said Olivier Véran.
“It is a concept that would allow us to test several issues at the same time during the same vote. Several questions can be asked of the French. I am not saying that this is what is on the table, but no door is closed,” he said. .
The preferendum is a voting method that allows the voter to evaluate various preferences around an important issue. The option that has received the most points is declared the winner. This format had never before been used in France.
Source: BFM TV
