The speeches of the new Minister of the Interior are creating a stir within the presidential camp. Bruno Retailleau estimated in an interview with the Journal du Dimanche, regarding immigration, that the rule of law was “not intangible, nor sacred”. “Immigration is not an opportunity,” adds the tenant of Place Beauvau. On the side of the outgoing majority, many voices were raised to denounce the very right-wing positions of this former Fillonist.
“Immigration is also an opportunity for France, as we have seen in our history. We must be careful about what we say on this subject, even if I do not have to comment on the ministers’ comments,” reacted Laurent Marcangeli, the president of the Horizons group to the Assembly. nationally, at the microphone of the program “Parlement hebdo” on Public Senate and LCP this Friday, October 4.
“I am not going to deny that there is a migration problem in our country. There is a problem of integration that arises, we perhaps need to have more means to choose our immigration, but we must not have this type of punchlines which hurt people,” believes this person close to Edouard Philippe. “In any case, I have people around me with immigrant backgrounds, totally integrated, and who can be saddened by comments of this nature. »
Asked about the policy defended by Bruno Retailleau, the MP concedes “a few dividing lines”. “I did not agree on [la suppression de] AME, on the other hand, I agreed on the reestablishment of the offense of illegal residence and the fact that we expel a delinquent migrant from our country,” he explains. “He said that he could not envisage zero immigration, which is interesting because it is also the position that I defend personally,” notes the elected official.
“I don’t want to be insulted by the Minister of the Interior”
Also a guest of “Parliament Hebdo”, Patrick Kanner, the leader of the socialist senators, who has long fought against Bruno Retailleau in the hemicycle of the Palais du Luxembourg, attributes the remarks made by the minister to “the excitement of his appointment » and asks him to “regain his composure”.
“I don’t know if I’m lucky for France, but I’m the son of an immigrant, like many,” he adds. “I know what I owe to the Republic but I do not want to be insulted by the Minister of the Interior and I do not want children from immigrant backgrounds, who try to integrate despite situations which can deeply hurt, feel rejected. »
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