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July 7, 2021 02:14:22 pm
The French Senate voted Monday against a government-sponsored bill that would add a climate clause to the French constitution. President Emmanuel Macron had promised a referendum to include environmental protection in the heart of French constitutional principles, but the bill needed to pass both the National Assembly and the Senate.
During the Senate debate, Minister of Justice Eric Dupond-Morretti thanked the 150 members of the Citizen’s Convention for the Climate for proposing a constitutional bill to amend the first article of the French constitution. Under the proposed bill, the French constitution’s first article would be revised to state:
The French government will unveil a draft revision of the Constitution on Wednesday (20 January) to include the notion of environmental preservation. While the ultimate aim is to submit this proposal to the French public, holding a referendum seems a distant prospect. EURACTIV France reports.
The draft law aiming to include environmental preservation in Article 1 of the Constitution, a text that has been hotly debated for several months, will be presented to the Council of Ministers on Wednesday (20 January). Last December, in front of the members of the Citizens’ Convention for the Climate meeting at the Iéna Palace, President Emmanuel Macron said he was in favour of modifying Article 1.
France’s Citizens’ climate body explained
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France’s Citizens’ climate body explained
The Convention Citoyenne pour le Climat is made up of 150 volunteers randomly selected from the public to brainstorm ideas to tackle climate change
12 January 2021
Proposals from The Citizens’ Convention for the Climate were divided into five groups: housing, food, transport, shopping and manufacturing/ workBy Jane Hanks
President Macron’s recent pledge to hold a referendum on climate change comes from an idea put forward by the Convention Citoyenne pour le Climat, a body of randomly selected members of the public.