The President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, firmly asked the parliamentary group of La France insoumise (LFI) to remove the Assembly logo from their press release concerning a “popular commission of inquiry” into Olympic Games (JO) in Paris 2024. This gesture aims to clarify that this initiative has no official recognition and does not represent an investigation instituted by the National Assembly.
This approach was initiated after LFI announced, on July 25, the creation of this commission to examine the social, economic and ecological impacts of the Olympic Games. According to the group, the 2024 Olympic Games embody the "excesses" of the policy ofEmmanuel Macron, particularly because of what they call a "sport business" orchestrated by the International Olympic Committee. LFI also denounces the expulsions of populations and the restrictions on public freedoms linked to this event.
Yaël Braun-Pivet clarified that the LFI press release could wrongly lead people to believe that an official commission had been set up by the National Assembly, and that people invited to testify would be obliged to participate. She therefore demanded that the name of this working group be changed to avoid confusion.
Constitutionalist Anne-Charlène Bezzina also stressed that this commission is contrary to the regulations of the National Assembly. She explained that the use of the term "popular" in the parliamentary context is deliberately ambiguous, but has no legal basis. According to her, this LFI initiative, considered “inadmissible” because not officially filed, must be seen as a “political game”. She believes that the President of the Assembly is in her role by recalling the non-compliance with institutional rules by LFI.
