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"Mr President, I am one of those who believe that this building has made history, both in architectural terms and in the parliamentary world. For example, we have the greatest parliamentary chamber in the world at the moment, the best from a functional point of view.
I know that I am not abiding by the agenda, because this is a sitting for discussing problems and I am not doing that. My opinion of this building is positive. But I have decided to take the floor because we run the risk of exaggerating the complaints, and anecdotes go down in history as if they were the opinion of the Parliament. I believe that we are talking about a piece of architecture which is difficult to understand and, on the other hand, this “culture of complaint” – which one colleague referred to – leads everybody to complain. I believe that if architecture is a conflict between form, function and space, then this has been resolved admirably.
I believe that these initiatives to resolve the small problems are excellent but, in my judgement – and it is that of many of our colleagues – we should not forget that they are small problems which will be resolved and we have something for which we should congratulate the institutions, the French State, the architects and the workers. I believe it is important to highlight it."@en1
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