Analysis on the stage of journalist Jeff WITTENBERG who discusses the stakes of the upcoming parliamentary elections. Since 1981, all presidents have obtained a majority in parliament, except François Mitterrand in 1988. His remarks are accompanied by infographics.
This is an assessment of the first parliamentary session. Since the general elections, the government has only a majority in the National Assembly. Without an absolute majority, some bills proposed by the government were only passed with difficulty, with abstention, either centrists or communists. The government has negotiated each abstention hard, and each time it has to find compromises and alliances, its room for manoeuvre is narrow. The journalist gathers the opinions of MPs of all stripes on this new operation in parliament. The deputies interviewed are: Jean Jack QUEYRANNE, PS, Jean Pierre SUEUR PS, Pierre BEQUET, PS, Pierre MEHAIGNERIE, President Union du Centre, Bernard PONS, RPR , Alain GRIOTTERAY, UDF, André LAJOINIE, PC and Jean POPEREN, Minister in charge of relations with the parliament Images of parliamentary debates illustrate the subject.
Simone VEIL, invited to comment on the results of the 1988 general elections, speaks on governance in the event of a relative majority. This is the first time that a newly elected president of the republic has to govern with a relative majority. He must therefore seek to recreate a majority. If he manages to gather on ideas, he will have to negotiate for each bill or important decision membership with his allies. She thinks that only a majority won over a political project can hold out in time.
Jean LECANUET, live from the UDF headquarters, comments on the results of the general elections. He recalls that after his election, François Mitterrand had dissolved the National Assembly to obtain a socialist parliamentary majority. However, no party has a majority, which he deplores because he believes that this hinders the proper functioning of the institutions of the fifth republic. He wonders how and who will govern. He doubts a real alliance with the Communist Party and says that "The government of the elected Social-Communist is a solution that seems blocked". He concluded by saying that if, in order to form a minority government, the socialists hope to "grab votes from the Union of Assembly and Centre: don’t count on it!"