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WE LOOK AT WHAT IS DUE FOR DISCUSSION IN BOTH HOUSES AND OTHER OFFICIAL INFORMATION INCLUDING PRESIDENT MACRON’S AGENDA Protecting children from viewing harmful material on the internet,
increasing the minimum wage, extending abortion rights and reforms to inheritance law are among the subjects set for debate by the French parliament this week. Here is a round-up of key
points politicians will be looking at, and other important official dates for the week. ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE TODAY MONDAY JANUARY 17 The proposed law, which has government support, aims to
open adoption to couples in a civil partnership or other long-term couples, and reduce the eligibility age to 26. French law currently limits adoption to married couples either aged 28 or
more or who have been married for two years, and single people aged 28 or more (civil partners and members of long-term couples have to adopt as individuals). TUESDAY JANUARY 18 * MPs will
discuss a proposed law (by Bruno Studer, LREM) aiming to increase parental control on the internet, as reports highlighted in the text show that young children often go on the internet
alone. Under the proposals, companies would be obliged to install parental-control tools on all internet-connected devices, with activation of the controls to be proposed the first time the
device is used. This would be regulated by a dedicated agency. WEDNESDAY JANUARY 19 Under the proposals, young doctors would only be able to settle in a sufficiently-covered area once an
established medical professional ceases activity. Those working in hospitals as internes (residents) will work in understaffed regions during their last year of studies and two years after
their graduation. * MPs will examine amendments to a proposed law (by Gérard Leseul, Socialist Party) to increase the gross (before social changes) minimum wage to €1,827 by February 1, in
an effort to fight poverty and better remuneration for work under the Covid period. It is currently €1,603. THURSDAY JANUARY 20 * MPs will discuss a proposed law (by Dominique Potier,
Socialist Party) to impose greater rules of transparency on multinational corporations and to make it easier for their customers to be compensated when something goes wrong. The proposals
also say employees should be involved in helping create systems to monitor good practice by large companies and to make it easier for people to take legal action against companies found to
be involved in wrongdoing * MPs will discuss a proposed law (by Alain David, Socialist Party) declaring that the Uyghur community in Central China is undergoing genocide by the Chinese
government and that this should be recognised and condemned by the French government. The proposed law alsol invites the government to offer protection to Uyghurs and to enforce measures to
put an end to the atrocities. * MPs will examine a proposed law (by Christine Pirès Beaune, Socialist Party) for reforms of inheritance and lifetime gifts rules which aim to better
redistribute wealth and protect the middle-class from increasing inequalities. CONSEIL CONSTITUTIONNEL * A ruling is expected by around Thursday January 20, regarding the acceptability of
the new law, adopted by parliament on Sunday January 16, creating a ‘vaccine pass’ to replace the ‘health pass’, for people aged 16 or more. READ MORE: Opposition party appeals to
constitutional body over vaccine pass ELYSÉE PALACE TODAY MONDAY JANUARY 17 President Emmanuel Macron meets with Mark Costa, director of Eastman, as the company unveils a $1billion project
to build the world’s biggest molecular-plastics recycling facility in France. Mr Macron also unveiled 20 other new projects, totalling €4 billion euros of [foreign] investments. READ
MORE:Ikea, Pfizer, pet care: France confirms €4bn in new foreign investment SENATE WEDNESDAY JANUARY 19 * Senators will listen to Edouard Leclerc, director of the retail brand E.Leclerc. The
company was targeted last week over its decision to sell a 29 centime baguette, with critics accusing the supermarket of harming independent bakeries by slashing prices. READ MORE:‘Bakeries
will die’: Anger in France at Leclerc’s 29-centime baguette Under the proposed law, the legal period permitted for an abortion would be raised from the first 12 weeks of pregnancy to 14
weeks. Midwifes would be permitted to perform surgical abortions up to 10 weeks into a pregnancy. Currently midwifes are only permitted to perform an abortion up to a maximum of seven weeks
into a pregnancy, and using drugs, not by surgery. PREVIOUS ARTICLES France to bring in vaccine passes: What will change and when? Medical deserts: Mayor’s plea over lack of rural GPs