Gérard Larcher refuses to attend the National Council for Refoundation

It will be without him. On August 26, according to information from the Figarothe President of the Senate wrote a letter to the Head of State to tell him that he would not be participating on September 8 in the launch of the National Refoundation Council announced by Emmanuel Macron during the legislative campaign. “I think that this body cannot achieve the renovation of the democracy to which you aspire”writes Gérard Larcher.

While Emmanuel Macron wishes to associate the country’s political, economic and social forces, plus citizens, to reflect on the major reforms to be carried out, the President of the Senate denounces a ” confusion of roles “. “The mechanisms of participatory democracy can contribute to enlightening national representation, but they can in no way replace it”he argues, calling “clarity and respect for the institutional prerogatives of each”. “Wanting to bring together parliamentarians in the same body…