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PUBLICATION in L'Opinion: "Le recours à l'article 49-3" by Noëlle Lenoir

According to some political parties, the pension reform was decided without debate in Parliament. This is not true, as there were hours and hours of debate on the text in both the National Assembly and the Senate. While the use of Article 49-3 of the Constitution has put an end to parliamentary obstructionism, it should be stressed that this article is far from being liberticidal.

On the contrary, it was inserted into the 1958 Constitution at the insistence of centrist (MRP) and socialist (SFIO) parliamentarians, as a means of strengthening representative democracy. A brief look back at the origins of this highly controversial provision today, and a detour to our European neighbors - Germany, Italy and above all the United Kingdom - are useful in showing that the organization of debates in Parliament is not only indispensable, but that it is much stricter in these three countries than in France.

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