As he had announced, President Emmanuel Macron wrote to the various heads of French political parties to invite them to a new meeting in Saint-Denis on November 17, the boss of EELV announced on X (formerly Twitter). Marine Tondelier.
“The party leaders have just been invited again by the President of the Republic to a meeting in Saint-Denis on November 17,” she wrote. And continues: “Environmental and social justice issues are still not on the agenda. It’s quite amazing in reality. » The invitation was confirmed to Agence France-Presse by the entourage of another party official.
In this letter, Emmanuel Macron proposes lowering the threshold to one million voters, compared to nearly 5 million currently, to allow the organization of a shared initiative referendum.
The Head of State suggests also lowering the number of parliamentarians required (93 against 185) and “also giving citizens the opportunity to take the initiative” of this RIP, “while today only parliamentarians can initiate the procedure. Introduced in a constitutional reform in 2008, no RIP has yet been successful.
Emmanuel Macron finally suggested to the leaders of the parties represented in Parliament to modify the Constitution to broaden the scope of the referendum to “societal questions”, in order to be able to submit texts relating in particular to immigration to direct universal suffrage.
“It would involve both taking up bills relating to so-called “societal” issues such as the end of life sometimes mentioned, but also broader reforms affecting several intertwined aspects, as is the case with questions migratory issues which concern sovereign, economic, social or even diplomatic matters,” writes the Head of State.