Assembly: Éric Ciotti denounces impossibility for groups to launch inquiry commissions until presidential election

Éric Ciotti, the mayor of Nice and president of the Union des droites pour la République (UDR) parliamentary group, has sharply criticized a recent decision by the National Assembly that effectively bars political groups from initiating investigative commissions until the 2027 presidential election. In a letter addressed to the President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, Ciotti described the move as "difficultly comprehensible."

Ciotti argues that this decision, made just days prior, deprives the National Assembly of a crucial constitutional power to oversee government actions. He contends that the National Assembly is "depriving itself of a constitutional prerogative of control of the action of the government, essential in our democracy." Furthermore, Ciotti asserts that the decision lacks any legal foundation, directly challenging its legitimacy.

He referenced the rules of the National Assembly, which stipulate that "each president of an opposition or majority group obtains, by right, once per ordinary session..." This provision, Ciotti implies, is being disregarded by the new policy. The Figaro newspaper obtained a copy of Ciotti's missive, highlighting his strong opposition to what he views as an erosion of democratic oversight mechanisms.

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You have proposed that the National Assembly deprive itself of a constitutional prerogative of control of the action of the government, essential in our democracy. This proposal, you are aware, has no legal basis.