THE QUESTION
. The first step that Eric Ciotti would take if he was elected President of the Republic would be as technical as it is radical. The candidate for the right-wing primary revealed it during the debate organized on Monday on LCI: he would like to organize a referendum so that France can "
recover its legal sovereignty
" by ensuring that the laws prevail over international treaties . Once at the Élysée, the deputy for the Alpes-Maritimes would begin by "
signing a decree convening by referendum to modify article 55 which today establishes the supremacy of treaties, especially European, over domestic law
". "
It is to ensure that France finds the course of its destiny.
In matters of security and migration policy, we have lost our sovereignty to act,
”he explains.
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With this proposal from Eric Ciotti, the debate on the legal sovereignty of France, launched by Michel Barnier in September, continues.
But would modifying Article 55 and ending the superiority of treaties over laws really be compatible with France's membership of the European Union?
CHECKS
.
And let's start by doing a bit of law and history.
In the imagination
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