Still without result, the MoDem puts proportionality back on the table

When asked if he will support the MoDem’s proposal to introduce proportional representation in the next legislative elections, this socialist deputy rolls his eyes. “Is that really the point?“, he asks without much interest. “It’s the traditional routine of the MoDem… but do we really want six months of parliamentary work on this?“, he insists again. His reaction reflects one of the two camps that divide the National Assembly on this device.

A month and a half before their parliamentary niche, scheduled for October 6, MoDem deputies want to put this proposal dear to the table back on the table. Francois Bayrou. Their leader has been carrying it for years, in the hope of forming a Palais Bourbon more in the image of French society, without ever managing to achieve it. The remark is also made in the very body of the text, which emphasizes that the measure figured “in several programs in the presidential elections, in particular those…