Regulated Professions Face Unprecedented Political Landscape as Extremes Gain Power in French National Assembly

If some are ready to negotiate with parliamentarians from both extremes, others question the positions to be taken.

They find themselves facing an unprecedented situation. Regulated professions, such as lawyers, notaries, court commissioners, commercial clerks, and chartered accountants, represented by powerful orders, will now have to defend their interests against a National Assembly where the extremes have never been stronger. Will they dare to challenge these groups on the fundamental principles of the rule of law? Will they invite them to their congress? Will they accept that parliamentarians from RN or LFI carry their requests through amendments?

A Certain Ambiguity

A fracture is emerging between those professions that have the status of public and ministerial officers, linked to the state through public service missions, and those that do not, like lawyers. At the Paris Bar, the debate is undecided. “ Political leaders can count on our support as long as they respect the values that are ours. But we cannot work…

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