The right defends its shared initiative referendum until the last minute. Five conditions are required by the Constitutional Council in order to respond to the Republicans' request.

This response from the right, which seeks to convince a majority of five Sages out of the nine sitting on the council, is a six-page legal counter-argument. She had until March 27, 12 noon to put forward this last plea, the purpose of which is summarized in a concluding sentence: “ The LR are of the opinion that the proposed referendum law aimed at reforming access to social benefits for foreigners concerns a large-scale social reform, which is an object mentioned in the first paragraph’