The French will soon be consulted and, if so, on what issues? Emmanuel Macron shared This Tuesday, May 13 His desire to celebrate several referendums “at the same time”, evoking “a multiple consultation” in the “next months.”
“I don’t block me on a calendar,” he said. “I do not want to give your mind too precisely because it corresponds to the government to finish this work and after me make the decision,” added Emmanuel Macron in TF1. Elysée’s tenant was still questioned about different topics, since he swept certain ideas.
• A referendum about the end of life “In case of stuttering” in Parliament
Arrested by former journalist Charles Bietry at the end of life, the French president estimated that the referendum “can be a path” in the case of “stuck” in Parliament, while agents are currently working on the subject in the National Assembly.
“It can be a way of unlocking” the question, explained the head of state. “I would do it with great precautions,” warned the tenant of Elysée.
The President of the Republic recalled his support for active aid to die.
“I think we must develop our law by being respectful of all debates and all sentences,” said Emmanuel Macron.
The latter wishes to see the emergence of the parliamentary debate “a balance text” so that we can help to enter dignity when there is no more hope, with rules and frames. “
• Macron “does not see how” has a referendum about immigration
When asked about a referendum about immigration, Emmanuel Macron swept the idea, specifying “not seeing what fits in the field of article 11”, remembering to be “guaranteeing the Constitution.” The president does not “see” how a referendum on immigration “would allow to be effective.”
The Constitution specifies that a referendum can only be related to “the organization of public authorities, to the reforms related to the economic, social or environmental policy of the Nation and to the public services that contribute to it, or that tend to authorize the ratification of a treaty.”
Already at the end of January, Prime Minister François Bayrou had closed the door to a possible referendum on immigration believing that this issue cannot be constitutional (…) to be a referendum issue. “
• Public Finance, “It is not an object of referendum”
Elysée’s tenant said “why not” a referendum on “reforms” of Bayrou “at an economic and social level.” “If some can go to the referendum, I say why not?”, Advances to the head of state, stating that “taxes and budget are a competition of Parliament.”
“It is not an object of referendum,” said the president.
According to article 34 of the Constitution, it is in Parliament that the vote of public finances was related to public finances.
• Macron favors the “age verification” on the screens
Evoking a “youth that was achieved by social networks,” Emmanuel Macron said it was “favorable to what is imposed an age” preliminary of any record on these platforms. The head of state called to “protect our children”, citing “harassment” or “interruption of the relationship between girls and boys.”
During his wishes for the year 2025, Emmanuel Macron had declared that he would ask the French to “decide” on “decisive issues.” The last referendum in France dates back to May 2005 and referred to the ratification of the treaty that establishes a Constitution for Europe.
Source: BFM TV
