If the right managed to regain power in 2022, it would immediately put the question of immigration at the heart of its priorities.
A great promise of pre-campaign but, among Les Républicains, as more broadly within the right, the urgency of a radical change of gear on the subject is no longer debated, even if the technical modalities remain to be refined.
Some elected officials, such as Eric Ciotti, LR deputy for the Alpes-Maritimes, do not hesitate to say that a referendum on immigration could be coupled with legislative elections.
"The method would be unprecedented but it would have the merit of marking the occasion on a central question which requires returning to the people",
bounces Annie Genevard, deputy LR of Doubs.
In any case, many believe that the recurring problems related to immigration will come to the heart of the presidential election.
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But why would such a referendum be necessary?
“It has become a necessity for a dual requirement of democracy and efficiency
, responds Bruno Retailleau,
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