The National Assembly has taken the water. This Wednesday, June 25, in full debate on the situation in the Near and Middle East, François Bayrou complained of having received drops during his intervention. “Did you realize that he was raining?” »»launched the Prime Minister to the gallery.
The thunderstorms that fell in the evening in Paris and Île-de-France, accompanied by powerful bad weather and violent winds, invited themselves to the hemicycle to the point that the deputy Roland Lescure, vice-president of the Assembly who presided over the exchanges, ended up interrupting the session to allow the intervention of the firefighters.
On social networks, many parliamentarians have reacted to the scene, broadcasting photos of the roof of the building. “Conference room, the canopy is damaged”, For example, noted the deputy (ex-LFI) Alexis Corbière on X. MP MODEM MAUD PETIT A for his part alerted: “It’s raining in the hemicycle … There is water in bourbon!” I repeat: it rains in the hemicycle! »»
Flooded streets, two victims
Also in the streets around the National Assembly, the rain caused floods. “Paris takes water!” But with Christophe Bex (rebellious deputy from Haute-Garonne, editor’s note)we will need more to prevent us from joining the hemicycle! »» Ironized on X the melenchonist deputy Arnaud Saint-Martin.
These bad weather, which also occurred beyond the capital, were immortalized by many Internet users via impressive images broadcast on the web. Following these violence thunderstorms, two victims are to be deplored.
A person was killed in Mayenne after the fall of a tree on the road and a 12-year-old teenager died in Tarn-et-Garonne, also due to the fall of a tree. At this stage, 14 departments in the northeast of the country are still placed in orange alert by Météo-France.
