Karim Bouamrane had chosen to sit at the start of the meeting in the stands with Carole Delga, president of the Occitanie region. And after his speech, he was joined on the stadium lawn by the same Carole Delga as well as the MEP Raphaël Glucksmann. Also present at the meeting was Emmanuel Macron’s former minister, Clément Beaune.
The declarations of the new Minister of the Interior “hurt us, very badly, he explains that France and its tradition of welcome are a problem for our country” and “he equates immigration with insecurity”, lamented Karim Bouamrane in his speech, accusing the Barnier government of being “under the supervision of the RN”. “Should we control migratory flows? Yes… Do we need immigration? Obviously ! », he proclaimed, referring in particular to the proportion of doctors or home helpers with immigrant backgrounds.
“Away from a radicalism that divides”
A former IT executive, Karim Bouamrane was one of the first city councilors of North African origin to take charge of a city of more than 50,000 inhabitants. Mayor since 2020 of Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, vice-president of the department of Seine-Saint-Denis in charge of culture, he especially took the spotlight during the summer thanks to the Olympic Games, his city sheltering the village athletes. He then spoke a lot in the media, when his name was suddenly slipped among others as Prime Minister, to the great dismay of the NFP united behind Lucie Castets.
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