In the National Assembly, this is the subject that concerns all deputies. “Artificial intelligence is at the heart of all debates”; “The AI regulatory framework”; “No one will escape AI”… Artificial intelligence would write the questions in the chamber. So, is AI replacing MPs? How far has it infiltrated? When the question is asked in the corridors of the National Assembly, there are those who are resolutely against it. Eric Coquerel, elected representative of La France insoumise and president of the Finance Committee, says he “does not use it at all”. “I don’t write anything, no speech, no amendment, no statement of reasons, by the AI,” assures Erwan Balanant, MoDem deputy from Finistère.
And those who promise and assure only use it for layout. Matthieu Bloch, UDR deputy for Doubs, admits for example to using it, "perhaps to correct, to see if there are mistakes, to see if the wording is good."
We therefore wanted to check who is really behind the MPs' prose. To do this, we scanned the written questions to the government and then passed them through an artificial intelligence detector called Pangram. In July 2022, before the diffusion of AI, questions appear on the software as 100% human. On the other hand, for September 22, 2026, of the 194 questions, the software identifies 48, or almost a quarter, as being written entirely using AI.
“A tool” for some, a risk in favor of obstruction for others
Guillaume Garot, elected socialist from Mayenne, is one of the deputies whose question was identified as 100% AI. The elected official assumes: “It’s your job to write written questions and you use AI. Isn’t that a bit of cheating?”, he is asked. "Not at all. I see artificial intelligence as an aid, a tool, something that can help us to be faster, more efficient in our work, but always, I repeat it and I want to say it again: it does not come out without there being a political validation of the deputy that I am."
But could AI also be used by MPs to block the Hemicycle? With franceinfo, we took the bill to repeal retirement at 64 and put through the detectors the 442 unique amendments and their presentations. According to the software, 117, or a quarter, are identified as 100% AI. Because with artificial intelligence, nothing prevents elected officials from writing hundreds of amendments and creating parliamentary obstruction.
This is what Brigitte Klinkert, responsible for the proper functioning of the National Assembly, fears. “I want to slow down the debates on a given subject which is on the agenda. Well, I am trying to table a hundred, or two hundred, or a thousand amendments. Clearly, with artificial intelligence, I can do that very quickly, today. And it is this type of danger also that we want to avoid,” explains the Ensemble pour la République du Haut-Rhin MP.
A charter of good practices for the use of AI exists at the Assembly, but the institution is considering developing its own tool internally. Artificial intelligence is poised to become a new form of parliamentary assistant.
