Announced this Sunday, October 13 by the government spokesperson, the proposal for a new law on immigration, described as a priority by Bruno Retailleau, arouses contrasting reactions within the political class, particularly within the presidential camp itself. .
Reactions were not long in coming since Maud Bregeon’s announcement of a new immigration law planned for “early 2025”. First dismissed by Prime Minister Michel Barnier, he returned to his previous statements. At the microphone of France 2, he declared: “We have just legislated”there will be “possible progress but within the framework of current law”. Has pressure from the far right become stronger?
In any case, this is the observation of the left, which points to the government’s subservience to the themes of the National Rally (RN). On France Info, Olivier Faure declared in particular: “The law on immigration has just been passed, the ink is barely dry, and the new government would already like to do it again, all to give assurances to Marine Le Pen and the RN who are threatening not to vote on the budget.
The presidential camp torn in the face of a new immigration law
From the presidential camp, reactions are more mixed. For Gérald Darmanin, it is a “why not” : “If things are ever positive for the security of the French, why not?”he testifies at the microphone of BFMTV. For former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, a law of this order is not really a priority: “I am ready to have a debate and discussions on measures that would be proposed and, at that time, ask the question of a law. But making a law for the sake of a law without explaining to us what would be inside doesn’t seem like a total priority to me.”he explains on France Inter.
On BFMTV, the president of the National Rally Jordan Bardella declared: “Nothing can be done without us in Parliament”he congratulates himself. “Now we are going to look concretely at what is in this immigration law”. Passed in December 2023, the previous immigration law was described as “ideological victory” by the National Rally, which had given its support to the presidential party by voting in favor of it.
published on October 14 at 9:19 a.m., Gabriel Gadré, 6Médias
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