{"id":40672,"date":"2026-08-29T07:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T05:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/lamarseillaise\/news\/?p=40672"},"modified":"2026-08-29T10:01:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T08:01:03","slug":"faire-entendre-la-voix-des-communes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/lamarseillaise\/news\/2026\/08\/29\/faire-entendre-la-voix-des-communes\/","title":{"rendered":"Faire entendre la voix des communes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph\">\n<p>\u00c0 quoi sert le S\u00e9nat\u00a0? La question m\u00e9rite d\u2019\u00eatre pos\u00e9e \u00e0 propos de la seule assembl\u00e9e de notre R\u00e9publique \u00e9lue au suffrage indirect.<\/p>\n<p>Au fil de l\u2019histoire de notre pays, la chambre haute du parlement a \u00e9t\u00e9 avant tout con\u00e7ue comme un moyen de \u00ab\u00a0mod\u00e9rer\u00a0\u00bb l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e nationale \u00e9lue directement par le peuple. De fait, sous la V<sup>e<\/sup>\u00a0R\u00e9publique, la domination du camp conservateur sur le palais du Luxembourg n\u2019a \u00e9t\u00e9 interrompue que par une parenth\u00e8se de 3\u00a0ans de 2011 \u00e0 2014.<\/p>\n<p>On l\u2019a oubli\u00e9 mais c\u2019est sa d\u00e9faite lors du r\u00e9f\u00e9rendum sur une r\u00e9forme du S\u00e9nat qui a conduit le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de Gaulle \u00e0 quitter le pouvoir en 1969. Il souhaitait le fusionner avec le conseil \u00e9conomique et social et lui donner une fonction uniquement consultative.<\/p>\n<p><b>Question politique<\/b><b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Depuis, diff\u00e9rentes r\u00e9formes constitutionnelles ont fini par faire du S\u00e9nat la \u00ab\u00a0chambre des territoires\u00a0\u00bb, charg\u00e9e de faire entendre la voix des collectivit\u00e9s territoriales et des \u00e9lus qui les g\u00e8rent.<\/p>\n<p>Et pourtant, les communes, m\u00e9tropoles, d\u00e9partements et r\u00e9gions sont aujourd\u2019hui exsangues. Leurs budgets sont pressur\u00e9s par les logiques d\u2019aust\u00e9rit\u00e9. La R\u00e9publique de proximit\u00e9 est en danger.<\/p>\n<p>Faire entendre la voix des communes et des autres collectivit\u00e9s n\u2019est donc pas une question institutionnelle mais bien politique.<\/p>\n<p>Pour y parvenir, il ne suffit pas aux grands \u00e9lecteurs de compter sur le S\u00e9nat mais il faut y \u00e9lire des candidats qui ne votent pas un budget de l\u2019\u00c9tat en contradiction avec l\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat des territoires.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&Agrave; quoi sert le S&eacute;nat&nbsp;? 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