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On July 20, 2026, French deputies and senators reached a compromise in a joint committee on the Ripost bill, a legislative package focused on citizen tranquility and public order. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez announced the agreement on social media, stating it would allow for more effective sanctioning of public order breaches. The compromise version was approved by a vote of 10 to 2, with support from the central bloc, the right, and the far right, while Socialist Party and La France Insoumise deputies opposed it. Key measures retained include a ban on selling nitrous oxide to individuals, new offenses for organizing free parties, and increased penalties for urban rodeos. However, the government suffered a setback when an article strengthening administrative stadium bans was removed with support from PS, LR, and National Rally members. Another measure on algorithmic video surveillance in shops was also dropped. The joint committee reinstated several measures previously removed in the Assembly, including increased fixed fines for drug use and changes to video surveillance recording retention. The bill is expected to be definitively adopted by Parliament on Tuesday.
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Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez during the question session to the government at the National Assembly in Paris, July 15, 2026. JULIEN MUGUET FOR "LE MONDE"
Deputies and senators reached a compromise version on Monday, July 20, of the Ripost bill on citizen tranquility, which should therefore be definitively adopted in Parliament on Tuesday, announced Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez on the social network X.
The text from the joint committee was validated by ten votes to two, with the central bloc, the right, and the far right in favor, while deputies from the Socialist Party (PS) and La France Insoumise opposed it, according to the committee's vice-president, Ian Boucard (The Republicans, LR).
PS senators did not participate in the vote, preferring to discuss with their group before deciding, whereas in the first reading the Socialists in the Senate had abstained, Audrey Linkenheld explained to Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Read the analysis: Laurent Nuñez Unveils His Ripost Law, a Catalog of Measures to Create a Double "Shock of Authority and Efficiency"
Nitrous Oxide, Free Parties, and Urban Rodeos
The bulk of the measures in the interior minister's bill were validated, including:
- The ban on the sale of nitrous oxide to individuals
- The creation of offenses for organizing and participating in a free party
- The increase in penalties for urban rodeos
The only setback for the government: the removal of an article aimed at strengthening administrative stadium bans by extending them to other gathering places and over time. The PS, LR, and the National Rally voted for its removal.
Another measure, introduced in the Assembly by an amendment from Paul Midy (Renaissance) and aimed at experimenting with algorithmic video surveillance in shops, was not retained.
Read also: What the Ripost Bill, Voted in First Reading in the National Assembly, Contains
"Ineffective" and "Liberty-Infringing" Measures
The joint committee, however, reinstated several measures that had been removed in the Assembly, including:
- The increase in the fixed fine for drug use
- The removal of the retention of recordings from video surveillance devices in police custody facilities
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Politique : Toute l’actualité sur Le Monde.fr.Western
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French Deputies and Senators Reach Agreement on Ripost Bill for Citizen Tranquility