{"id":135039,"date":"2025-05-21T11:39:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T11:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/the-senate-committee-rejected-the-paris-lyon-marseille-reform\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T11:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T11:39:12","slug":"the-senate-committee-rejected-the-paris-lyon-marseille-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/the-senate-committee-rejected-the-paris-lyon-marseille-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"The Senate committee rejected the &#8220;Paris-Lyon-Marseille&#8221; reform."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<picture class=\"article__media\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2020\/06\/26\/0\/0\/5472\/3648\/556\/0\/75\/0\/d486c91_0e18ba6a5eab4f839b1da26df1ca827c-0e18ba6a5eab4f839b1da26df1ca827c-0.jpg 556w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2020\/06\/26\/0\/0\/5472\/3648\/600\/0\/75\/0\/d486c91_0e18ba6a5eab4f839b1da26df1ca827c-0e18ba6a5eab4f839b1da26df1ca827c-0.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2020\/06\/26\/0\/0\/5472\/3648\/664\/0\/75\/0\/d486c91_0e18ba6a5eab4f839b1da26df1ca827c-0e18ba6a5eab4f839b1da26df1ca827c-0.jpg 664w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2020\/06\/26\/0\/0\/5472\/3648\/700\/0\/75\/0\/d486c91_0e18ba6a5eab4f839b1da26df1ca827c-0e18ba6a5eab4f839b1da26df1ca827c-0.jpg 700w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2020\/06\/26\/0\/0\/5472\/3648\/800\/0\/75\/0\/d486c91_0e18ba6a5eab4f839b1da26df1ca827c-0e18ba6a5eab4f839b1da26df1ca827c-0.jpg 800w\" \nsizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw\"\nalt=\"Electoral posters in Paris during the municipal election, June 26, 2020.\"\nwidth=\"664\" height=\"443\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2020\/06\/26\/0\/0\/5472\/3648\/664\/0\/75\/0\/d486c91_0e18ba6a5eab4f839b1da26df1ca827c-0e18ba6a5eab4f839b1da26df1ca827c-0.jpg\" alt=\"Electoral posters in Paris during the municipal election, June 26, 2020.\"\nsizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw\"\nwidth=\"664\" height=\"443\"\/><br \/>\n<\/source><\/picture>\n<noscript><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"article__legend\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Electoral posters in Paris during the municipal election, June 26, 2020. <span class=\"article__credit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Thibault Camus \/ AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\">The reform of the **municipal election** for **Paris**, **Lyon**, and **Marseille** has faced significant hurdles in the **Senate**, where it was overwhelmingly rejected on May 21 by the law committee. Initially adopted by the National Assembly in early April, just a year before the **municipal elections**, the bill spearheaded by **Renaissance** elected officials now faces a challenging landscape in the upper chamber. The predominant groups in the Senate, namely the **Republicans (LR)** and the **Socialist Party**, are largely opposed. The rejection in the law committee was unanimous, signaling a formidable obstacle for the reform advocates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\">The National Assembly had garnered support from various factions including the **National Rally (RN)** and **Insoumise France (LFI)**, along with a majority of the government coalition. However, the RN holds a limited number of seats in the **Senate**, complicating prospects for the reform. The committee rejection raises concerns regarding the upcoming discussions in the **hemicycle** on June 3, where potential amendments may be proposed to alter or narrow the scope of the bill.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__sub-title\">&#8220;Without any Consultation&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\">Despite the Senate&#8217;s rejection, a complete dismissal of the reform is not assured. The government possesses certain strategies to facilitate success, such as providing the **National Assembly** with the final say, although this may delay the legislative process. The **Minister for Parliamentary Relations**, Patrick Mignola (MoDem), had previously stated that the reform would be achieved through **consensus** or not at all. He emphasized, &#8220;We will not force the Senate,&#8221; indicating the need for cooperative dialogue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Poorly prepared, without any consultation, this bill presents various difficulties, both from a **democratic** and **legal** perspective, and even raises **constitutional** questions, all without reaching the intended goals of standardizing and simplifying the elections,&#8221;<\/em> noted Lauriane Josende, the LR rapporteur of the bill, as she justified the committee&#8217;s rejection. **Mathieu Darnaud**, the leader of the LR Senators, lamented the absence of an **impact study**, questioning the wisdom of overhauling the voting system less than a year prior to the municipal elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\">The proposed legislation aims to abolish the voting system established in **1982**, wherein voters in Paris, Lyon, and Marseille elect advisers from their districts. Instead, the bill suggests a dual election system: one to select borough or sector advisers and another for the municipal council, all within a single district framework. This substantial change aims to streamline the electoral process but has raised concerns among various political factions and experts.<\/p>\n<section class=\"author\">\n<p class=\"author__detail\">\n<span class=\"author__name\">The World with AFP<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article__reactions\">\nReuse this content<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" rel=\"dofollow\">Breaking News General &#8211; 1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electoral posters in Paris during the municipal election, June 26, 2020. Thibault Camus \/ AP The reform of the **municipal election** for **Paris**, **Lyon**, and **Marseille** has faced significant hurdles in the **Senate**, where it was overwhelmingly rejected on May 21 by the law committee. Initially adopted by the National Assembly in early April, just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3426,35300,2060,3249,2892],"class_list":["post-135039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-committee","tag-parislyonmarseille","tag-reform","tag-rejected","tag-senate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}