Senate (LR) President Gerrard Larcher, who holds the key to a possible referendum on the climate desired by Emmanuel Macron, set his terms on Sunday, and specifically his refusal to include them in the Preamble to the Constitution. Included in the theory of. Climate protection.

Conducting a referendum on the inclusion of the Constitution of Climate Protection is a “decision that belongs to the President of the Republic”, recalling Mr. Larker on Europe 1 / Cnews, stating that according to him, it was “N. of political inverted objectives Is not without

“We should first start the process of constitutional amendment, which should be proposed by the Council of Ministers next week and according to the principles of our constitution, the National Assembly and Senate will examine the text proposed by the government and we have to find a general text,” he said Asserting.

“We are going to examine the text in an open and positive way,” he said, noting that “it is not illegitimate to wish for a better view on the preservation of the environment”.

But while the debate will focus on the choice of words, and in particular on whether the text will provide that France should “guarantee” this fight against climate change or simply “act” in this direction, Gérard Larker Specified that “this does not mean that we are going to say + guarantee +. We are not responding to each other’s orders but to find the best balance”.

He laid down another condition: “not to include this climate protection doctrine in the Preamble to the Constitution”, but “it should be placed in an article at the same level as other fundamental freedoms, equality between man and man” woman, freedom for “.

According to him, the fight against the protection of the environment and global warming “must be taken into account in our fundamental law” but “no better than the essential principles of our fundamental law”.

The organization of this referendum announced by Emanuel Macron on 14 December is uncertain until the end of the five-year term in 2022 as it can only be followed by a vote by the National Assembly and the Senate, which can be controlled later. From right side.

If held, this referendum would be the first event to be held in France since 2005, and the victory of No to the European Constitution, and the first on ecology.